MAGA: Trump Secures $44 Billion Freebie From Gilead To Fight HIV

Discussion in 'Politics' started by vanzandt, May 9, 2019.

  1. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    Its funny... a lot of people say "If Trump found a cure for Cancer... the Left would find something to whine about".

    Well, wiping out AIDS is certainly right up there.


    Drugmaker will donate meds for US push to end HIV epidemic
    Associated Press
    May 9, 2019 — 6:15pm

    WASHINGTON — The Health and Human Services Department announced Thursday that California-Based Gilead Sciences Inc. has agreed to donate medications that reduce the risk of HIV transmission for up to 200,000 people a year.

    "Will help us achieve our goal of ending the HIV epidemic in America!" President Donald Trump said in a celebratory tweet.

    The pledge may last up to 11 years, said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. Gilead will donate its Truvada prevention pill until a second-generation version becomes available.

    The Trump administration has set a goal of ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S. within 10 years.

    Carl Schmid of the AIDS Institute called the donation "a really significant step," saying it will make the drug available to uninsured people. It lists for more than $20,000 per patient, per year.

    Gilead Sciences said in a news release that the medication donation is one of the largest ever made in the United States and is part of the company's ongoing initiatives to help ensure that everyone who can benefit from the medicine is able to access it.

    HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
     
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  2. Overnight

    Overnight

    They should spend a billion dollars to wipe out the measles, which kills more people than the no-longer-relevant AIDS.
     
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  3. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    But AIDS is no longer an issue? I mean, unless the aid is going to African countries or something.
     
  4. vanzandt

    vanzandt

  5. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/aids-hiv.htm
    • hiv
      Mortality
      • Number of deaths: 6,160
      • Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.9
    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm
    • influenza
      Mortality
      • Number of deaths: 2,905
      • Deaths per 100,000 population: 0.9
    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/diabetes.htm
    • diabetes
    • Mortality
    • Number of deaths: 80,058
    • Deaths per 100,000 population: 24.8
    • Cause of death rank: 7
    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm
     
  6. This is the real crime here and makes me question Gilead's sudden generousity...