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Oh my god, this is fucking huge. It was huge when we developed a daily PrEP pill that could prevent you from catching HIV; this is a successful phase III trial of a PrEP shot that will only need to be given *twice a year*. Still needs a confirmatory Phase III, but holy fuck.
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I really hope that a) the confirmation pans out, and b) it becomes available in pharmacies rather than requiring a physician appointment.
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And they push it heavily not just to the queer community or the sexually promiscuous but also for direct-care professionals. As well as people with travel visas to higher risk countries. Much easier to get people to keep up if it’s not framed as a sex proclivity like the recent M-Pox outbreak.
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True. Also here is where I admit something: When I went to get my mpox vaccination, there was an attractive man about my age also there waiting for one, and I briefly debated asking him out, because, statistically...
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The waiting room for my mpox vaccine was like a grindrcon lol