Side effects of hiv pep drugs

Not a criticism of this enthralling story, just some info about how to protect ourselves.
If she had been better informed, Missy would have got herself a Post-Exposure Prophylactic (PEP) course of treatment immediately after her close encounter with HIV.
This 28 day course of limited anti-HIV drugs is proven to greatly reduce the risk of HIV taking hold provided it is started with 72 hours of the occasion of potential infection. [check out the www.aids.gov website for details and boring insurance stuff]

PEP (post exposure prophylaxis) taken within 72 hours is highly effective (per CDC) in preventing HIV infection from single high risk exposures. A positive test may take 6 months from exposure.
Fuck a buncha Pillars of the Community! Warn Rhonda LOUDLY, publicly by outing Gerald's HIV.
Why didn't he email her Gerald's test results?

The whole HIV thing is an antique by now, w Shannon there are drugs now that if you take them shortly after exposure you won't be hiv positive, plus new drugs have made HIV a chronic disease nit a death sentence, that is many years out if date. While it is possible to get HIV the way Will did, it is extremely difficult to get it that way.

*side effects
one of my own pet peeves, sorry

Those dismissing HIV/AIDS as being manageable and treatable ignore the fact that the drugs cost tens of thousands of dollars per month. That Magic Johnson has survived 30 years is a testament to his wealth to afford the drugs and his celebrity status allowing him to be first in line for treatment. Also, the HIV death rate is suppressed. People with HIV may succumb to other maladies, but they wouldn't have the other disease if their immune system had not been compromised by HIV.
@Anonymous 20 days ago..... Covid is not nearly as deadly as HIV to those not having other pre-existing conditions. The median age of death in the U.S. from covid remains 72, with most of the dying elderly having been diagnosed with something else such as diabetes, heart disease, severe asthma, sickle cell anemia, cancer, circulatory and artery/vein problems, etc. I'm 70 and am not callous toward the elderly. The probability of death from covid for those under 30 is statistically zero. There are deaths under age 30, but the death rate is under 00.5%. Overall, the death rate for all INFECTED persons has been 1%. Plus, there is a vaccine. The vulnerable should protect themselves via vaccine, masks, and social distancing. People who know they are infected should stay home - like they should for other respiratory diseases like seasonal flu. If you have an underlying condition, get vaccinated. If truly healthy, weigh the risk of vaccine side effects vs odds of dying from the disease. Covid is not as deadly as polio or smallpox to the general population. People under 60 should not be forced to risk the substantial side effects to allow those my age to survive an additional year or two.