holy crap.

[yoboseiyo@retro.pizza]

holy crap. an after-exposure pill that can actually prevent covid.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01546-0

[kierkegaanks@beige.party]

@yoboseiyo There’s one against parenthood too

[ehproque@neopaquita.es]

@yoboseiyo after exposure i.e. every time you are in public without a mask

[iris@neuromatch.social]

@yoboseiyo that's a big fucking deal! Now the question will be, how hard will it be to get in time for it to be effective?

[elexia@catcatnya.com]

@yoboseiyo ah yes for the handful of people that are at risk still. we would definitely not want to suggest that anyone else could use this, we wouldn't want people preventing COVID or get the idea that they shouldn't get sick all the time.

[papyrusbrigade@cosocial.ca]

@yoboseiyo Very interesting. The full NEJM article is here. Curious that the ensitrelvir seemed much more effective for the Japan participants than for the US ones.

I wonder whether it will help those who already have long Covid, given viral persistence is one of the theories for LC.

Just a moment...

(www.nejm.org)

[failedlyndonlarouchite@mas.to]

@yoboseiyo
@drmambobob

does anyone understand what this part of hte intro means ?
https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2509306

[fourmiune@mastodon.world]

@failedLyndonLaRouchite @yoboseiyo @drmambobob