GWB may have been the worst President in history but he got this right. And we should not be

[beyurslf]

reversing course now. "Freeze on HIV spending sparks concern in Africa"

"A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed."

snip

"A US decision to freeze spending on treatment for HIV in several African countries has prompted concern that some of the gains made against the AIDS epidemic since 2003 could be reversed."

snip

"One concern is that people like Mugabi might begin sharing their free drugs with a sick friend or family member.
When patients don?t take their drugs as proscribed they are more likely to develop a drug resistant strain of HIV. So pill sharing can be catastrophic."

Full article at link:
<http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.169744debaf5335a7a4d717617961178.1f1&show_article=1>

Increasing prevention efforts is important but we mus continue to treat those who test positive. The end of the article sums it best. Those who receive free drugs may start sharing their drugs with those who do not receive free drugs. That makes the whole program worthless.

[sandnsea]

1. Where's the article about the freeze?

I missed that.

[beyurslf]

3. The very first sentence in the article says it.

I even quoted that sentence.

[sandnsea]

4. That's the author's opinion

I was referring to where that opinion came from. I haven't seen any directive that states HIV spending, specifically, is going to be frozen.

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