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'We can end HIV': Groundbreaking preventative drug to be rolled out for $40 a year from 2027
(www.france24.com)
is it called prep?
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2025
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$40.
What, are you crazy?
I don't have that kind of money!
Then you should have sex with as many rich people as possible then die as quickly and quietly as possible, there's a good chap.
Best regards, Your corporate overlords
quickly, sure. quietly, well, when this cannon goes it'll be loaded
And anti vaxxers will make some bullshit claim, making idiots believe it, and it'll only halfway eliminate HIV.
Not just them, but the religious fuckers who want everyone to suffer "consequences" for the sin of sex. Same ones that freak out about HPV vaccine.
I know there is a lot of overlap. But it isn't total.
At least this way you can save most of the smart ones.
Religious people often have smart kids. They need protection.
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generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable drug to prevent HIV
The two organisations have entered into separate agreements with Indian pharmaceutical companies to produce cheaper generic versions of lenacapavir – a twice-yearly injection shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent – for [more than 100] low- and middle-income countries.
Marketed under the brand name Yeztugo by California-based Gilead Sciences, lenacapavir currently costs around $28,000 a year in the United States.
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"We can end HIV":
...as long as we can convince everyone to take it. So, yeah. Good luck with that.
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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