With all the funding cuts being made to the fight against HIV, most people focus on the medications. While the drugs are in some ways paramount, they're not the only thing getting cut. There are all the peripheries as well; labs, case management, consultations, referrals & various support matters.
When these cuts happen, it impacts everything in the situation, not just the meds. Including all the people working in these places livelihoods. There are many services outside of the clinic also feeling these cuts such as housing, financial & food assistance programs. Which are all being slashed.
Still there is another thing, perhaps more damaging. For many these cuts will lead to increased isolation. For some, the only people interacting with them at all were workers who now have no funds to help. Many of these workers themselves may now be in need of assistance after losing their employment with these programs.
Yes, the meds are getting cut. Services are being gutted. For some, the isolation may be the worst of it. For these people, it could mean suffering, starving & dying alone. That's what the orange bastard's cuts are doing.
Cya...
