Trump Administration Allows Distribution of HIV Medications to Resume, at Least for Now
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It is not yet clear whether PEPFAR's preventive services, such as provision of PrEP, will also be permitted to resume.
  • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1011·
    2 days ago

    Just for a little context, this program was started under W. Bush and is widely seen as his primary or sole positive legacy.

    I can’t prove this is designed to aggravate the Bushes and their supporters. But who can seriously say that Trump and his henchmen wouldn’t be that petty?

  • cfi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    471·
    2 days ago

    There was literally an interview with Bill Gates published yesterday where he was saying he was optimistic since Trump appeared to be listening when he discussed the global AIDS pandemic over dinner.

    So much for that I guess.

    • Yprum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      37·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, he was listening, he listened and listened well. And what he learned is that there are sick people wasting resources he can take away.

      • labbbb2@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        121·
        2 days ago

        Conservatism is sick, but elites like it.

        They will become even richer due to the fact that they will reduce expenses on social development, will steal resources. But ‘regular people’ will not revolt against them, because “yes, they are right, fuck minorities, science and liberalism is bad”, i.e. they already are ignorant (and they embrace it!) and uneducated.

        It’s like in any other authoritarian LMIC country, just fucking Middle Ages.

        • Allonzee@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          2 days ago

          Capitalists see almost everyone, ie poors, the same way conservatives see their out groups: less than human.

          • labbbb2@thelemmy.clubEnglish
            32·
            2 days ago

            Capitalism is good if there are regulations in place and rule of law is strong.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      281·
      2 days ago

      Trump has literally believed his whole life (and he was taught to fervently believe this by his own father) that any sort of illness is a sign of weakness.

      So, in his eyes, better to let these weak people die than waste resources on them.

      But I mean what you expect from this freaks syphilis addled brain.

    • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      They’re freezing 99.9% of domestic and foreign assistance. This is only one specific part of what had been halted.

      The idea is to strangle the government and end anything that might keep a single dollar out of the hands of the wealthy.

  • dan1101@lemm.eeEnglish
    15·
    2 days ago

    We’ve got a bully in the White House and all his little buttkissers are doing his bidding.

  • nicgentile@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 days ago

    Politically, this was a key proponent in creating and managing difficult alliances with African, Asian, and South American countries. China, and potentially Russia and India have been waiting for this splinter. They will flood the markets with cheaper generics and people will adapt. This will be a power play America will never recover.