Cochrane apologizes for the confusing way in which its report was written, stating:

"Many commentators have claimed that a recently-updated Cochrane Review shows that 'masks don't work', which is an inaccurate and misleading interpretation."

https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventions-interrupt-or-reduce-spread-respiratory-viruses-review

Looks like the FDA is meeting in a couple of weeks (March 16, 2023) to discuss approval of #Paxlovid!

Hopefully this means easier access for the approved usage but maybe also for currently off-label #LongCovid applications as well

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/27/2023-03971/antimicrobial-drugs-advisory-committee-notice-of-meeting-establishment-of-a-public-docket-request

There are a significant number of people for whom neither natural #Covid infection nor the vaccines are producing durable immunity at the levels we need

Savannah Guthrie has had multiple infections over the last year and is vaxxed and boosted (I'm not sure if she had the bivalent though)

#MaskUp #CovidIsntOver

https://www.today.com/health/coronavirus/savannah-guthrie-covid-19-live-today-broadcast-rcna72647

Bivalent uptake is incredibly low, you have to fight to get Novavax even if eligible, and the government has millions of doses just sitting there

Seems like it should be easy for me to get one if I wanted it now that it's been six months since my bivalent but... no