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An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, according to trial results published today in the New England Journal of Medicine1. The drug could be a lifeline for those who still face real danger from the virus, such as care-home residents or transplant recipients on immune-suppressing medication.

this is not life-threatening, but also who wants weeks of diarrhea and a fucking parasite in them lol. if you suspect you've already had this and it's passed, i would see a doctor. you might need an antiparasitic anyway. if you're actively sick, see a doctor and they might be able to prescribe medication to help you get over it faster.

try to avoid eating raw vegetables, scrub fruit with a produce brush and rinse thoroughly with water. again, don't bother with premade greens or bagged salads. if you buy lettuce, remove the outer 2-3 layers of leaves.

Only high temperatures will kill cyclospora. It resides in what is like a shell, which is highly resistant to water and most cleaning chemicals. The substance it uses to cling to food is so strong we don't even fully know what its limits are. It may be best to avoid fruits and veggies you can't cook. Scrubbing only works if done hard enough and on foods with no hiding places (Like cucumbers and grapes). Peeling the skin off is your best bet at avoiding it however, scrubbing is not guaranteed.

Edward Gorey (1925–2000), “Vampire”

cover design detail for ‘Phantasmagorey,’ 1974

There is no Ygor in the original Frankenstein novel.

There is a lab assistant with a hunchback in Frankenstein (1931), but he’s named Fritz, played by Dwight Frye

There is a nearly identical character also played by Dwight Frye in Bride of Frankenstein named Karl

In the lesser-known Son of Frankenstein, we do meet a character named Ygor, but he’s nothing like Fritz or Karl at all. He’s the village crazy guy who survived his own lynching and fucked up his neck after being declared dead. He speaks broken English and uses the Creature to kill the jurymen who declared him guilty. He is played by Bela Lugosi.

The pop culture concept of an Ygor character draws from both characters. He usually is a hunchbacked lab assistant who speaks broken English, and a lot of people who haven’t read the book believe he’s part of the story.

"The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."