For the past few days there have been articles posting about + people now more readily receiving organ transplants. There was never any actual ban on HIV+ people receiving transplants, but they rarely did. The process to determine who gets a transplant is in part based on life expectancy. In the not too recent past, people living with HIV didn't have that great of a life expectancy & were often rejected as recipients.
Things have changed. With new drug regimens & earlier treatment, the lifespan of + people has greatly increased. These organs could greatly impact the lives of those living with HIV & their loved ones. Each day, something comes along & HIV becomes less & less of a death sentence. The steps we take forward are just the obvious ones. When they made the drugs to fight HIV, they increased our likelihood of survival. I'm fairly certain they weren't thinking, "Hey, if we do that, these people could get organ transplants." Why would they? Every step taken or action performed always has unintended, unimagined & possibly unseen consequences.
This is very interesting news.
Cya...
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