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Rather depressing that we're subsidizing wanton sexual indulgence to the tune of $30k/year/person.
by cltby 3y ago
Rather depressing that we're subsidizing wanton sexual indulgence to the tune of $30k/year/person.
- elil17 3y agoJust to dispel some myths here: 1. Many people who use PrEP have only one partner. They're using PrEP because their partner has HIV. 2. The alternative is letting people get AIDs. This is more expensive than PrEP. 3. Insurance doesn't pay the full list price of drugs, they pay a lower, negotiated rate. CostPlus Drug Company charges about $20/month for PrEP. This is probably closer to what insurance companies actually pay.
- cltby 3y agoGood comment. I concede if it's really ~$20/month it's a rounding error and an obvious policy win.
- 535188B17C93743 3y agoSo queer people should remain celibate? Other methods of protection fail. People lie about the status. People don't know their status. Know what's ridiculous is that these drugs cost so much money and companies like Gilead can engage in "revenue maximization" schemes at the cost of the health of US citizens... and then apparently win lawsuits with their Big Pharma war chests.
- cltby 3y agoThere's wide, wide middle ground between celibacy and the debauched status quo.
- diogenes4 3y agoAnd where in that middle ground are you trying to insert yourself?
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoI don't think that attending "100% bareback, no loads denied" orgies regularly is a good idea, yet a bunch of my queer friends do exactly that on a fairly regular basis. I know it's not popular, but AIDS is just what we have now. If people continue living like this, there will be another, and it might be worse. Hell, we probably already dodged a bullet with Monkeypox due to concomitant COVID precautions.
- 535188B17C93743 3y agoLol, no one was observing COVID precautions at that point. It was dodged because people got vaccinated for it and observed spacing requested in a responsible manner. Hell, in the UK heterosexual cases of AIDs overtook homosexual cases because of adherence to medication and good practice. [1] 1. https://www.tht.org.uk/news/heterosexual-hiv-diagnoses-overtake-those-gay-men-first-time-decade https://www.tht.org.uk/news/heterosexual-hiv-diagnoses-overt...
- fjgvcjygjvh 3y agoIf the 30k per figure was accurate (I don't think it is?) it would be certainly unreasonable for the rest of the society to subsidize it. So I guess, no. But they shouldn't expect other people to finance their sex lives.
- elil17 3y agoThe options aren't shell out $30k/year or let people get AIDs. There's a missing third option: don't let drug companies charge so much money, especially when the government paid for the development of the drug!
- Clamchop 3y agoWhat motivated you to share this?
- mock-possum 3y agoDude. Have a heart.