There is a staggering amount wrong with this statement. Staggering. - The prevention of HIV in developing countries is hampered not by the ineffectiveness of d

There is a staggering amount wrong with this statement. Staggering. - The prevention of HIV in developing countries is hampered not by the ineffectiveness of drugs, but the expense and difficulty administering them. HIV in the developed world is, in many cases, now essentially a chronic disease. Indeed, it is the use of HAART drugs to prevent transmission in discordant couples that is providing a glimmer of hope for reducing the burden of HIV without a vaccine. - While serious, prevalence of HIV is nowhere near 80%. Also, increasing prevalence is a function of disease duration, so better treatments will, mathematically, cause prevalence to rise. - I'd contest rather strongly that we failed spectacularly at containment for several recent outbreaks. - Antiviral drugs are not our only means of fighting viruses. If "Anti-X drugs" were the solution, we'd have eliminated many bacterial diseases - we haven't. The key to fighting viruses is vaccination, and we've wiped two viruses off the face of the earth, and are largely facing political/social problems, rather than scientific ones, with adding two more to that tally.