Nearly 450 patients at Salem Hospital in Massachusetts may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV over a two-year period.
  • RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de
    17·
    2 years ago

    Survivable does not mean you are going to have a good time. With HIV you are on strong antivirals for the rest of your life. Anything is better than slowly dying but its not a walk in the park.

    • Case
      11·
      2 years ago

      From an American point of view, HIV treatment would absolutely ruin my life, both from the obvious health perspective, but financially.

      Bankrupt, homeless, sick as a dog… I could easily see someone taking their own life in that scenario.

      Is the medicine there? Sure. If you’re rich.

      Hell, South Park did an episode that made the cure for HIV just be money, because that is certainly a requirement, at least here.