99% effective HIV prevention treatment (2 shots annually) approved by FDA.
The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
Pharma manufacturer Gilead making available at cost (2 million doses in most needed countries) while generics are developed and can later be distributed. Decent play from a Pharma company.
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Great! Now we preferably need something that we don't need to use twice a year, and we could actually vaccinate everyone.
Because realistically, most people will not take a vaccine twice a year just in case.
Gay men are at a much higher risk for HIV so they may take it twice a year.
Around the world, MSM (men who have sex with men - not necessarily gay) are 25 times more likely than average to contract HIV, reports UNAIDS. (healthline).
Among MSM, Black and Hispanic men are at higher risk than white men of contracting the virus, reports the CDC.
This may be because, according to a 2017 source, Black and Hispanic gay and bisexual men are less likely to take preventive medication. The reasons for this include the stigma surrounding same-sex experiences and the stress of enduring racism, discrimination, and racist systems.
Also, HIV also tends to affect people in under-resourced communities with less access to preventive HIV care.
Physical factors include the protective lining of the anus being thinner than the wall of the vagina, increasing the risk of transmission.
Thanks for additional info! For particularly endangered groups, this may make all the sense to take it, then.
I mean I just went to see if I could get a Covid shot at cvs and without insurance it was going to cost $200, so these same communities who typically can’t afford insurance, probably won’t be able to afford the vaccine.
There are free clinics in some areas specifically serving these communities for this reason. Disproportionately impacted by thr disease, and more likely to be unable to pay due to economic disadvantage.
