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NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

'We can end HIV': Groundbreaking preventative drug to be rolled out for $40 a year from 2027

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'We can end HIV': Groundbreaking preventative drug to be rolled out for $40 a year from 2027

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NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Global health agencies announced Wednesday that generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable drug to prevent HIV will be made available from 2027 at around $40 a year in more than 100 low and middle-income…
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    “We can end HIV”:

    …as long as we can convince everyone to take it. So, yeah. Good luck with that.

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      You can convince people of everything, if it depends on you having more sex or not.

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        No pills. Have sex. Die. No sex.

        Yes pills. Have sex. Live. More sex.

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            Already a thing. Check the syphilis statistics.

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          Wouldnt I still need to rubber up to avoid genital warts, herpes, Hep, HPV, among others?

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            Two pills, but also celibacy.

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      You don’t need to convince everyone, just enough people.

      Were already seeing really good progress with pills and condoms, so an option which doesn’t need to be taken on a strict daily schedule will be a huge boon.

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