A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      89 months ago

      Which is really wild to say because I am pretty sure George W. Bush had a big hand in these programs. One of the few positives to come out of his administration.

    • @LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      The classic pull out game.

      Fred: “We can protect ourselves” Terry: “nah we’ll just raw dog it.” Fred: “we just pushed no protection pertaining to sex because we wanted higher birthrates, this will cause more deaths without protections, it’s a medical issue…” Kennedy: Let’s have HIV parties so everyone can build strong immunities.