In my lifetime, AIDS went from a guaranteed death sentence to a chronic illness. This is a good thing, but…

I can’t help but wonder if we could have cured AIDS/HIV by now if that’s what our pharmaceutical companies were looking to do. March of Dimes worked. We found a cure/vaccine for polio. We’ve done it for measles, mumps, rubella. The thing is, a shot you get once in your life, or once every 10 years, doesn’t make money for the drug companies.

Drugs you have to take every day for the rest of your life, though, that’s good business.

Tags: AIDS, chronic disease, cure, drug companies, HIV, march of dimes, measles, polio, stem cell transplant

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