A newly approved HIV medication provides near-total protection against infection with just two injections a year.
Stratus doesn't necessarily cause more severe illness than the variants we've seen before, and the symptoms are broadly similar-cough, fever, fatigue, and so on. There are some reports of "razor-blade throat," although that kind of extreme sore throat was seen with prior variants as well. But, by their nature, variants that arise are more transmissible; they've outcompeted other variants. From that perspective, they should be on our radar.
The antivaccine movement's rising power is exemplified by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s leadership in the Department of Health, threatening established vaccine policies and recommendations.
"I like to say that AIDS is a terrible disease that you must take seriously. I did nothing wrong, yet I'm being made to suffer like this."