Excessive advertising & paywalls have always been an issue when I've been looking at HIV articles. They've always been bad, then they got intolerable. Now, some of them are completely unavoidable & very preventative for valuable info to be disseminated to the public.
I understand these sites have bills. However, the people who could truly use the info they're reporting can't afford all these paywalls. In a single morning's search for articles, I can easily hit 3 - 5 paysites. That's a lot of articles I can't read or bring to this blog. If I'm lucky, another site will also report on the matter & not have a paywall. That doesn't always happen & it usually takes a while.
There should be sites where people can stay up to date on health issues. If not, it will only leave sites of lesser quality & credibility for health info. That's how misinformation & conspiracy theories get started.
Take care.
Cya...
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