South Carolina’s legislature has voted to remove all funding to the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
This means that the 3000 people (out of 14,000) known to be HIV+ and who receive state assistance to pay for the medication that keeps them alive, won’t be alive a lot longer.
Supporters of the funding were hoping for enough additional moneys to clear out the waiting list at ADAP. So, instead of getting help for an additional 600, everyone loses.
I mean, everyone. Without medication, those carrying the infection will not only die sooner (in some cases, much sooner), the virus will be much easier to spread. AIDS meds lower the viral load, which makes transmission less likely.
The South Carolina legislature took their cue from the microcephalic waterheads directly to their north. In January the North Carolina lawmakers decided to not allow increased enrollment in their ADAP program. (Current recipients are still getting their assistance–for now.)
Separate legislative buttocks cheeks strongly. Insert legislators' crania forcibly.
Support for HIV and AIDS patients has never been high on legislators’ minds. As Molly Ivins said,
“[The legislature] voted against it because if they didn’t, everyone’d think they was queer.”
/snark But, but they deserve to die! /end snark
The photo is hilarious!
I sure miss reading Molly. Always wonder what she’d say about current events.
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