PrEP use falls offHIV prevention services have also seen a decline during the pandemic. PrEP visits at Magnet fell from more than 750 in January to just 65 in April.
At Kaiser, the number of new PrEP prescriptions dropped by 59% in the second quarter of the year, Dr. Brad Hare, Kaiser's chief of infectious diseases and HIV, reported at the September 24 Getting to Zero Consortium meeting.And San Francisco is not alone.
Researchers from Fenway Health in Boston recently reported that between January and April, new PrEP starts declined by 72%, the number of clients receiving PrEP declined by 18%, and sexually transmitted disease testing decreased by 85%."People are getting mixed messages," Hare said. "At first we counseled people not to come.