The global fight against HIV is at risk
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The global fight against HIV is at risk
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Re: The global fight against HIV is at risk
#2I’m going to be very mad if there is a resurgence in HIV because of the asinine GOP. If people have to be worried again about their next sexual contact (condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV), we will return to a prudish lifestyle again at a time the west can least afford it with falling birth rates.
Re: The global fight against HIV is at risk
#3I’m going to be very mad if there is a resurgence in HIV because of the asinine GOP. If people have to be worried again about their next sexual contact (condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV), we will return to a prudish lifestyle again at a time the west can least afford it with falling birth rates.
Is a prudish lifestyle going to affect birth rate all that much? I can’t imagine the solution for falling birth rate to be that people need to sleep around more. If that were true, it wouldn’t have fallen in the first place.
Re: The global fight against HIV is at risk
#4I’m going to be very mad if there is a resurgence in HIV because of the asinine GOP. If people have to be worried again about their next sexual contact (condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV), we will return to a prudish lifestyle again at a time the west can least afford it with falling birth rates.
condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV
PrEP offers 100% protection against HIV.
Re: The global fight against HIV is at risk
#5I’m going to be very mad if there is a resurgence in HIV because of the asinine GOP. If people have to be worried again about their next sexual contact (condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV), we will return to a prudish lifestyle again at a time the west can least afford it with falling birth rates.
condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV PrEP offers 100% protection against HIV.
At least in the US, PrEP can be very expensive.
Re: The global fight against HIV is at risk
#6I’m going to be very mad if there is a resurgence in HIV because of the asinine GOP. If people have to be worried again about their next sexual contact (condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV), we will return to a prudish lifestyle again at a time the west can least afford it with falling birth rates.
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Re: The global fight against HIV is at risk
#7The main issue is not even mentioned - cheap anti-HIV drugs require escape from patents and promotion of generic manufacturing to reduce costs to the level that poor countries can afford to buy or produce the necessary retrovirals.
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/75/Supplement_4/S557/68...
> "Critical to the therapeutics market has been the role of generic drug manufacturers’ ability to supply low- and middle-income (LMIC) markets with off-patent and licensed products at a high volume and relatively low cost."
HIV patients in wealthy countries are a cash cow for the pharmaceutical industry, at least for as long as a permanent one-shot cure is not discovered, but there's no profit in making drugs for people who can't afford to pay for them. As Goldman Sachs noted, discovery of a cure would destroy the market. Isn't capitalism great?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/goldman-asks-is-curing-patie...
Re: The global fight against HIV is at risk
#8I’m going to be very mad if there is a resurgence in HIV because of the asinine GOP. If people have to be worried again about their next sexual contact (condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV), we will return to a prudish lifestyle again at a time the west can least afford it with falling birth rates.
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You've got this so twisted that I'm not sure where to begin explaining. Maybe this CDC link can help you: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/policies/law/states/exposure.html
A relevant quote:
> Many of these state laws, then and now, criminalize actions that cannot transmit HIV – such as biting or spitting – and apply regardless of actual transmission, or intent. After more than 40 years of HIV research and significant biomedical advancements to treat and prevent HIV transmission, many state laws are now outdated and do not reflect our current understanding of HIV. In many cases, this same standard is not applied to other infectious, treatable diseases. Further, these laws have been shown to increase stigma, exacerbate disparities, and may discourage HIV testing.
Re: The global fight against HIV is at risk
#9I’m going to be very mad if there is a resurgence in HIV because of the asinine GOP. If people have to be worried again about their next sexual contact (condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV), we will return to a prudish lifestyle again at a time the west can least afford it with falling birth rates.
A prudish lifestyle means marriage instead of promiscuity, abortions will decrease and the birth rate will rise.
Re: The global fight against HIV is at risk
#10I’m going to be very mad if there is a resurgence in HIV because of the asinine GOP. If people have to be worried again about their next sexual contact (condoms only offer between 70-90% protection against HIV), we will return to a prudish lifestyle again at a time the west can least afford it with falling birth rates.
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