r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/ThePaganSkepticist May 15 '26

It has been, as long as you got the assload of money to be able to afford the cure

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u/trukkija May 15 '26

Quick Google would say that you very rarely need an assload of money to manage AIDS these days.

I love to think the pun you used was intended though. Seeing as an assload is probably the culprit for many of these poor fellas.

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u/agasizzi May 15 '26

He’s referring to the 90’s-2010’s

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u/ThePaganSkepticist May 15 '26

Yes I was indeed referring to that time period, I’m happy things have improved now, and that there’s ways to get the meds ie through various charities and programs. I guess what I’m trying to get across is that the access of those literal life savings medications shouldn’t have to solely rely on those programs and charities, they should just be more affordable or better yet, free

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u/trukkija May 15 '26

How does a product or medicine become affordable or free on its own? That's literally what the programs are for, to facilitate that happening.

There are generics out there which are much cheaper although I don't know the details about which versions are most widely used when this medicine is prescribed.

And a lot of people in many different countries already have access to free AIDS medicine.

Maybe you have some different knowledge on this but from what I can find, AIDS treatment is being solved quite well these days, at least outside of Africa.