A drug called Truvada is the first FDA-approved means of preventing HIV infection. If an HIV-negative person takes the pill every day, he or she is nearly 99 percent protected from contracting the virus. Controversy continues to surround the broad uptake of Truvada, but the landscape of safer sex and HIV prevention changes fundamentally from this point forward—particularly within the gay male community, the population hit hardest by HIV in America. In this episode of VICE Reports, VICE explores the future of the Truvada and its revolutionary impact on ending HIV/AIDS.
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I don’t know you, but it just looks strange to me how the Pharma industry has come up with a way to “prevent” and slow down the spread of HIV, but not coming up with an actual cure. This strategy will slowly “deactivate” the spread of HIV which may mean an additional source of revenue for another 2 or 3 generations while the people already infected slowly die of AIDS or the effects of long term treatment.
Sadly, there is a cure for AIDS. The HIV virus that is currently in the population, is, for the most part a genetically modified version of the naturally occurring one. It was introduced into the human environment in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Indeed within our own communities in San Francisco, and New York. This then spread worldwide. Due to the nature of a virus, it mutates and changes. But scientists know how to break down a virus, and reverse some of, if not all the damage it has done.
As far as the HIV virus goes, the big pharma’s will make Billions of our community. But a cure is already available, if you are rich and within the wealthy and powerful 1% of the population. Otherwise, we can expect more “innovations” in the treatment of HIV, and when it’s not killing enough of us and other “groups”, not going into that here, then we just have to be “grateful” that we have drugs that can help us live normal lives. When HIV gets to the end stages, known as the AIDS stage, there is little that can be done, as the immune system is too heavily damaged and can not cope with new chemicals being introduced.