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Very promising outcome. But I wonder they/why we are just learning about this now when it seems that the inoculations occurred in 2017?

giantg2 2y ago
It's not really valuable if the immunity isn't very durable. There are already short duration things like PREP. If it's been 5 years (2019), that's a big deal.
- Traubenfuchs 2y ago
  There is a injectable every 2 months solution now. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-injectable-treatment-hiv-pre-exposure-prevention https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...
  - giantg2 2y ago
    Yeah, that's why I'm saying years long protection would be a huge shift from the current short term stuff.
  - citruscomputing 2y ago
    I have a friend who takes this; it's very expensive and insurance doesn't want to pay for it, but if you convince them that you're high enough risk ("oh, I just keep finding myself in strangers' beds, I love getting people's blood on me, and I'm just too dumb to remember to take a pill every day"), you can get it. Normal PrEP actually puts you at greater risk if you forget to take it, so I'm really glad that the injectable one is an option. It's much more effective, too. I should see about trying to get on it soon...
    - Traubenfuchs 2y ago
      > oh, I just keep finding myself in strangers' beds Honestly, that‘s why I am taking daily prep. Can‘t trust my urges and I am tired of telling siri to remind me of a HIV test in 4 weeks…
      - giantg2 2y ago
        Pretty sure you're still supposed to be testing - it's not 100% effective.
        Traubenfuchs 2y ago
        I am, since there are plenty of other things, all of which I had and you get tested in a whole package. You actually don’t get a new prep prescription without it, since they also do bloodworks for the kidney and liver. I always get tested at latest one month after my last sexual contact, unless it so happened I did not have any bare sex, wasn‘t on prep and don‘t need a new prescription. The non 100% effectiveness, honestly, I just don‘t even want to think about it…
hgomersall 2y ago
The paper was published on Friday.

giantg2 2y ago

It's not really valuable if the immunity isn't very durable. There are already short duration things like PREP. If it's been 5 years (2019), that's a big deal.

Traubenfuchs 2y ago
There is a injectable every 2 months solution now. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-injectable-treatment-hiv-pre-exposure-prevention https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...
- giantg2 2y ago
  Yeah, that's why I'm saying years long protection would be a huge shift from the current short term stuff.
- citruscomputing 2y ago
  I have a friend who takes this; it's very expensive and insurance doesn't want to pay for it, but if you convince them that you're high enough risk ("oh, I just keep finding myself in strangers' beds, I love getting people's blood on me, and I'm just too dumb to remember to take a pill every day"), you can get it. Normal PrEP actually puts you at greater risk if you forget to take it, so I'm really glad that the injectable one is an option. It's much more effective, too. I should see about trying to get on it soon...
  - Traubenfuchs 2y ago
    > oh, I just keep finding myself in strangers' beds Honestly, that‘s why I am taking daily prep. Can‘t trust my urges and I am tired of telling siri to remind me of a HIV test in 4 weeks…
    - giantg2 2y ago
      Pretty sure you're still supposed to be testing - it's not 100% effective.
      - Traubenfuchs 2y ago
        I am, since there are plenty of other things, all of which I had and you get tested in a whole package. You actually don’t get a new prep prescription without it, since they also do bloodworks for the kidney and liver. I always get tested at latest one month after my last sexual contact, unless it so happened I did not have any bare sex, wasn‘t on prep and don‘t need a new prescription. The non 100% effectiveness, honestly, I just don‘t even want to think about it…

hgomersall 2y ago

The paper was published on Friday.