Congress just gave away another $48 Billion to fight AIDS

[blueta2]

PS...the parents of the kids who's leukemia is now in remission would think that the research that increased the survival rates was a great betterment of mankind.

How wonderful to save childrens' lives who would have most likely died 30 years ago!

And I think that's awesome that people can be put into remission. Keep in mind, remission is not a cure. It means the cancer cells are still active.

But to spend billions to save a few lives is not productive.
Very few, and I mean VERY FEW people (including kids( survive AML. Which is the least treatable of all leukemias.

 

[75th]

okay, I just thought I would back up to where you say funding shouldn't go to research because these people basically deserve to get the disease.

yeah, there is a bit of racism thrown in too. Evidently, the blacks are to blame, too, and you aren't too fond of blacks, either.

You are a real saint!

Were you dropped on your head as a child?

We were talking about increasing taxes to fund this research. For the millionth time, there is a difference between funding and funding through taxation.

 

[heatherrae]

And I think that's awesome that people can be put into remission. Keep in mind, remission is not a cure. It means the cancer cells are still active.

But to spend billions to save a few lives is not productive.
Very few, and I mean VERY FEW people (including kids( survive AML. Which is the least treatable of all leukemias.

Most (98%) now survive ALL. 30 years ago they didn't. Remission means these kids go on to live another day. Some live to a ripe old age. I don't think I could put a price on a kid's life like that. If it meant that we all lived in huts and ate roadkill to cure childhood cancer, I would be all for it.

 

[75th]

Oh and LOL @ you calling jnevin fat.

 

[heatherrae]

Were you dropped on your head as a child?

We were talking about increasing taxes to fund this research. For the millionth time, there is a difference between funding and funding through taxation.

Were you dropped on YOUR head as a child? Funding takes MONEY not just well-wishes, like you would like to hand them.

 

[75th]

Were you dropped on YOUR head as a child? Funding takes MONEY not just well-wishes, like you would like to hand them.

My head is about to explode.

PRIVATE FUNDING VS INCREASED TAXES

Write that down 50 times. Hopefully it will sink in that this is what people in here are trying to talk about.

 

[jnevin]

lmao

 

[75th]

Its always funny to see people say they know more about me and what I would do than I do. Its a weird phenom.

And I can't help but laugh at how utterly stupid your post is. You say let's let the government take care of providing this money, then in the VERY NEXT SENTENCE you talk about how the government doesn't allocate funds the way it says it will. Even more reason to rely on private donations.

Considering the fact that hundreds of millions of dollars are raised by private charities for the SOLE purpose of providing for AIDS research every single year (and that none of that finds it way towards paying $900 for a hammer) it becomes more and more obvious that once again you're thinking with your heart instead of your brain.

For the cheap seats...a blast from the past.

 

[heatherrae]

I'm part of an HIV board (no I do not have it, I mod. a health board) and many folks on there have lived over 15 yrs with hiv w/out taking any meds. They had a lifestyle change instead.

Now having said that, I'm not against research, but am not really comfortable with billions being spent on this or that illness. This is where I feel it's all about the buck.

I don't feel we can cure aids or cancer, hell, we can't cure the common cold.
Why are they not putting billions into researching the common cold, The common cold virus turns to pneumonia and kills people.

I think funding should be spent on prevention more than the cure.
I just watched a Dr G Medical Examaner and someone she did an autopsy on died of Herpes simplex 1. This girl has systemic herpes that killed her within 6 days of transmission. Why did she die from it? Because she had a compromised immune system.

I believe that the pneumonia organism is completely different than the cold virus. ??? Anyway, arguing that not enough research is being done for one disease is not a good argument that we shouldn't do more research for AIDS.

Preventitive medicine research. I'm in favor of that, too.

I saw the case on the chick that died of herpes on TV, too. That is so extremely rare that they had no idea. I'm in favor of funding herpes research, too, though...lol.

 

[75th]

I believe that the pneumonia organism is completely different than the cold virus. ??? Anyway, arguing that not enough research is being done for one disease is not a good argument that we shouldn't do more research for AIDS.

Preventitive medicine research. I'm in favor of that, too.

I saw the case on the chick that died of herpes on TV, too. That is so extremely rare that they had no idea. I'm in favor of funding herpes research, too, though...lol.

Who should pay for it and why?