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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[What is HMPV&#xA;&#xA;Just quickly sharing this, please check out the references below for more information.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Human metapneumovirus is a respiratory virus that causes flu or cold-like symptoms.&#34;[1]&#xA;&#xA;What are the symptoms of HMPV infection?&#xA;&#xA;These symptoms typically appear within three to six days after being infected, and often include:&#xA;&#xA;    Cough&#xA;    Fever&#xA;    Nasal congestion&#xA;    Wheezing&#xA;    Breathlessness&#xA;    Sore throat&#xA;&#xA;Graphic&#xA;&#xA;hmpv&#xA;&#xA;Treatment&#xA;&#xA;According to [1] there is no direct vaccine at present, and treatment is about management, nevertheless I have put a link to biorxiv [2] as study on HMPV is moving forward there may be research that points to better treatment as we learn more. &#xA;&#xA;We NEED to follow the science.&#xA;&#xA;References&#xA;&#xA;https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/8/what-is-hmpv-the-respiratory-virus-surging-in-china&#xA;biorxiv HMPV info&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#Virus,#HPMV&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Just quickly sharing this, please check out the references below for more information.</p>

<pre><code>&#34;Human metapneumovirus is a respiratory virus that causes flu or cold-like symptoms.&#34;[1]
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<pre><code>What are the symptoms of HMPV infection?

These symptoms typically appear within three to six days after being infected, and often include:

    Cough
    Fever
    Nasal congestion
    Wheezing
    Breathlessness
    Sore throat

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<p><strong>Graphic</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Treatment</strong></p>

<p>According to [1] there is no direct vaccine at present, and treatment is about management, nevertheless I have put a link to biorxiv [2] as study on HMPV is moving forward there may be research that points to better treatment as we learn more.</p>

<p>We <strong>NEED</strong> to follow the science.</p>

<p><strong>References</strong></p>
<ol><li><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/8/what-is-hmpv-the-respiratory-virus-surging-in-china" rel="nofollow">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/8/what-is-hmpv-the-respiratory-virus-surging-in-china</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/search/HMPV" rel="nofollow">biorxiv HMPV info</a></li></ol>

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