#i only know one person who's managed to get paxlovid and he has MS

[trans-cuchulainn]

usamericans on twitter/blueksy etc love to be like "go and get your updated covid shot!" and "ask for paxlovid if you test positive!" and "the new vaccine isn't a booster it's a special one so don't think you don't need it!" as if the special new vaccine is available worldwide and the only thing stopping people from doing those things is reluctance or laziness rather than like, living in a country that's making it basically impossible for anyone not in a severe high-risk group to access any covid vaccines or treatments whatsoever

and before you come at me with "they're not talking to non-US people in those posts and can't encompass all worldwide possibilities in one tweet" I can assure you they regularly say shit like this directly in the replies to people who do not live in the US. or even in DMs! "i highly recommend paxlovid," they'll say in the comments of somebody's post, as if the person in question will go, "oh wow i hadn't thought of that, i was muddling through with paracetamol for fun"

#bro i have got all the vaccines i can con the nhs out of and none of them is your special new one #i only know one person who's managed to get paxlovid and he has MS #maybe if you don't know the healthcare options available to the person you're talking to #just. don't give them medical advice #especially if they haven't asked for it