tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post5604740233781278402..comments2024-02-21T17:03:05.861-08:00Comments on Petrelis Files: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-70292649942746740312010-09-08T15:47:42.787-07:002010-09-08T15:47:42.787-07:00The whole debate around AIDS denialists practicall...The whole debate around AIDS denialists practically made it impossible to criticize the focus on HIV drugs during much of the 1990s. Believing strongly that HIV causes AIDS and antiretroviral drugs are effective doesn't imply that pharma was *not* interested in profiting from selling more drugs in Africa. <br /><br />The "AIDS exceptionalism" debate is another area where people are taking hard-line opposing positions. To say you think HIV/AIDS are getting disproportionate funding is lumped in with all manner of denialists, homophobes, etc. Pisani makes several good points. <br /><br />A major reason why HIV/AIDS gets so much attention and resources relative to its numbers -- both domestically and globally -- is that it has had strong activists and advocates. It's great that people have done and are doing such effective advocacy work. But at the same time, allocating resources based on who screams the loudest may not be an optimal public health policy...lizatblackrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11716869315776923752noreply@blogger.com