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Back when the HIV epidemic started, President Reagan and his administration took the view that HIV is a deserved punishment from god for homosexuality and promi
by KKKKkkkk1 8y ago
Back when the HIV epidemic started, President Reagan and his administration took the view that HIV is a deserved punishment from god for homosexuality and promiscuity. Now what are the chances that that administration would have invested even $1 in developing drugs for AIDS? Do we want to live in that kind of world?
- khazhoux 8y agoThat's a singular example. And, that viewpoint eventually gave way.
- v_lisivka 8y agoBut the root problem is still relevant: what will happen when you have only one way to receive help, and this way is blocked for any reason? Government is special: it can create generally accepted vision for a solution and it can enforce it vision, unlike a company on the free market.
- rayiner 8y agoIt’s also a really glaring one, because so many people are affected and the private sector made such a huge improvement in the decades it took for public opinion to turn around. I’d bet drugs for depression, sexually transmitted diseases like herpes, cervical cancer, etc., would be treated similarly.