Re: Re:Do we need another reason to act up?

[Guest guest]

I hate to be harsh, but I get really tired of people

wanting to " act-up " just by typing an email. It takes

a lot more than just sending emails around.

If you want to do something about HIV vaccine

research, join ATAC's immune based therapies group. Go

to www.atac-usa.org for more info

--- rgb241 wrote:

> It's not the pharmaceutical industry's obligation,

> moral or otherwise, to come up with a vaccine for

> HIV unless it makes good business sense for them to

> do so. As cold and heartless as it may seem at

> times, they are in business to make money - plain

> and simple - that is simply the way capitalism works

> in this country. In consideration of that, I would

> wonder what would ultimately maximize their bottom

> line - developing a vaccine, or continuing to sell

> many more generations of treatment drugs?

>

> I'd suggest that the best reason to " Act Up " again

> would be to pressure the Government to come up with

> a vaccine - since the Government/taxpayers/citizens

> of this country would ultimately benefit from the

> reduced impact AIDS has on society and cost of

> related social/medical programs. But who knows to

> what degree our Government is able and/or even

> willing to make a priority of finding a cure for

> aids (or cancer or any other major disease for that

> matter), without the political will or leadership to

> do so? And unfortunately our Government seems bought

> and paid for in part by these same drug

> corporations, given for example how the Medicare

> Part D Drug Plan prohibits the Government from using

> what should be it's huge buying power to negotiate

> better prices. It becomes very clear who are the

> slaves and who are the masters in our current state

> of democracy.

>

> When other countries, (even some " backward " Third

> World ones) like Nigeria last week reported they are

> going to provide free HIV drugs for everyone there -

> it shows the kind of foresight and leadership and

> just plain common sense that is possible for the

> good of a nation, when greed and corruptible power

> aren't driving most aspects of public policy.

>

>

Regards,

Vergel

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