It modulates the response to the virus at the level of the immune system, and is used to treat an infection.

We conducted an experimental protocol with a nasal recombinant IFNα-2b formulation (Nasalferon) in 12 healthy volunteers who received 1 MIU per nostril twice a day, three consecutive days, and studied the induction of biomarkers related to antiviral and immune responses. Nasalferon increases the antiviral biomarker OAS1 transcript levels in oropharynx and PBMCs, regulates molecular and cellular elements related to innate and adaptive immune responses and decreases granulocytes population. These effects support Nasalferon use in virally-exposed populations.

Nasalferon, a new nasal formulation of IFNα2b, modulates cellular and molecular elements associated with an antiviral response in mucosa and blood

Cuba will start applying Nasalferon to travelers and live-in family members

In Cuba, All International Travelers to Receive Nasalferon

An Experience with Cuban Biotech's Nasalferon to Prevent SARS-COV-2 Infections in International Travelers and their Contacts

Meanwhile "free" countries are destroying the lives of millions of people by pretending covid doesn't exist anymore, and paxlovid is $1000 dollars and doctors don't want to prescribe it because covid is "mild".

    • rootsbreadandmakka [he/him]
      ·
      9 months ago

      iirc it's actually not that hard as an American? I think you have to state your purpose for visiting Cuba, and you check off the box that says "support of the Cuban people"? Might be other stuff but I think it's not actually that hard. There are also some leftist groups which take people down there

      • WithoutFurtherBelay
        ·
        9 months ago

        “You want to go to Cuba? For sexpat reasons?”

        “Yeeeees”

        actually supports the Cuban people like a boss

      • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]
        ·
        9 months ago

        That was true back when Obama was in office (my mom, my sister, and I did just that), but I think it's different now. I think we're back to a situation where american citizens aren't technically allowed to go visit Cuba. You still can, but I think you have to get there via Mexico these days.

    • VILenin [he/him]
      ·
      9 months ago

      Go to a third country. Try to hitch a ride on a boat to Cuba. Hope they stamp a separate piece of paper instead of your passport so the tyrannical Biden regime doesn’t send you to jail

      • Grandpa_garbagio [he/him]
        ·
        edit-2
        9 months ago

        You go to the Bahamas, get stamped there, then boat to Cuba. Cuban officials don't stamp American passports. Then when you go back to the US they think you went to the bahamas.

        That's how it was in the early aughts at least

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
      ·
      9 months ago

      This is maybe last resort, but you can take a cruise ship there. As long as the boat is in the port, you don't need a passport to spend less than 24 hours in Cuba. It's how a lot of Americans do it.

      But it would mean going on a cruise ship

      • SSJ2Marx
        ·
        9 months ago

        going on a cruise ship

        If your intent is to avoid being loaded with viruses, this may be self-defeating.

    • Maoo [none/use name]
      ·
      9 months ago

      Join a socialist delegation. Most good orgs will have a relationship with Cuba. You will usually be able to spend a week or so there as a group.

      You'll be shuttled around but can get free time if you organize it.