http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/12/02/aids-groups-activists-cautious-over-%e2%80%98prevention%e2%80%99-pill/ the gay community's news source Thu, 23 May 2013 04:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/12/02/aids-groups-activists-cautious-over-%e2%80%98prevention%e2%80%99-pill/#comment-9495 John-Manuel Andriote Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:41:33 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=15297#comment-9495 As Jose Zuniga points out in the article, the $10,000/year cost of the antiretroviral drug Truvada isn’t likely to be covered by health insurance. I can’t imagine any insurance company is going to be willing to spring for medication so gay men can have unprotected sex. And that’s not even counting the public relations cost for the gay community. Just imagine what the right-wing nutjobs will say about this one! It seems the best we can say is it’s great that we know Truvada, taken faithfully every day, can reduce the chance of HIV infection. How useful that information will be in the real world is another matter. Changing unhealthy behavior and using condoms is still the two most effective (and cheapest) ways to avoid HIV transmission and infection.

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