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Reviewing the comments above I realize that so many people have the same considerations as I and many others have. One is that we were promised a "cure" for Covid-19, yet have only gotten a moderately successful treatment. The same is true with HIV. I'm grateful for any advances that are revealed and hope that they will continue, BUT as so many commenters have pointed out, and the old saw is true, "There is no profit in a cure!" High priced cures = long term loss. Jus' sayin'...
ACTUALLY COVID VACCINE CAME FROM NEW TECH AND THERE USING THAT TECH NOW TO TRY AND DEVELOP A CURE FOR HIV AND CANCER BUT I DOUBT AT THE SAME FUNDING LEVELS
When treatments BECOME an industry..then there will be NO CURES..and thats exactly whats happened with the diseases mentioned..when u have a virus like covid killing vast swaths of the population they know they have to get their butts in gear and figure something out...WE SHOULD DEMAND cures..this stuff is easy enough to figure out.
The establishment dragged its feet on ACTG5176 (therapeutic HIV vaccine) for ten years while a competing therapeutic vaccine (based on gold nanospheres, covered by HIV DNA, shot under the skin with compressed nitrogen gas), received federal (~$1m) funding OUTSIDE THE NIAID/DAIDS/ACTG , moved forward in about ten weeks. ACTG5176 included ten years of special interest Intellectual Property (IP) agreements, giving insider investors leverage on ROI, and provided only 18 patients a single exposure.
People have the rights to give over how they feel , Some many be hard to take and the information a bit out . Life is so hard for some many people and it is understandable people feel this way and want to shout Why ! The only thing as people is to see the bigger picture and take each day for what it is . Like so many here my life has not gone the why I wanted . 25 years of HIV and eating pills each day . But we are getting there as life so be happy !
This year marks 20 years of having HIV for me. It was luckily a few years after they came out with effective medication. I've been undetectable ever since! A good way to adhere to meds for me was to get a pill box and try to take them around the same time(s) each day. Unfortunately I still sometimes deal with hate and discrimination but I just remind myself that it's something the haters have going on, it's not about me really. It doesn't define me. There is a lot more to a person than HIV statu
The many attempts at creating effective HIV vaccines for prevention and cure have all failed. The SarsCovid2 vaccines, by contrast, offer some / significant, but not total protection - but we choose to use them because a reduction in the course of disease severity and then our bodies then clearing it seems a rational and reasonable thing to do. So, if SarsCov2 gets through most of the infected will clear it. But if HIV gets through then very few can clear it. And I hate capitalism, too!
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When we allow ourselves to be terrified by people who think they know something, then we become susceptible to believing whatever they tell us, even if it is riddled with error. Unfortunately, it has become the new normal. The original care protocol was: Cure, Care, or Mitigate. Now it's endless treatments. Here is a novel notion: You were not born with a prescription pad attached. Is it a crime to pursue total wellness on your terms?
September 12, 2024 • U.S.A.