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HIV ‘vaccine’ could be made for just $40 a year for every patient (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even with PrEP distributed freely (with a prescription) HIV is still spreading. So unfortunately it's not purely a money problem. A vaccine you only have to take yearly would dramatically change the landscape of transmission.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PrEP is very expensive. It is covered potentially partially by insurance.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago

I said distributed freely. That's the case in a lot of places in Europe and Asia and I've read enough times on reddit that many Americans get it for free too.