I see articles about the need for more study, funding & understanding for HIV & nearly every fringe or minority group with HIV; ethnic, trans, foreign, polka-dotted... What bothers me is there are 2 groups that receive no where near the attention they should.
1st, there are biologically born women. I mean actual girls born with female reproductive systems. They count for over half of the world's population, but only a small percentage of any medical research is done directly regarding them. It's worse when it comes to HIV/AIDS studies.
Then there are the 50+ folks. For years now, we've known this is the largest group of people living with HIV. The greying of HIV; those long-term survivors & frisky, risky elders. Eww... no one wants to study old people.
So back off all the clamor over the trendy fringe groups & focus on the larger picture; actual women & those 50+. You can't fix the issues regarding HIV in the ethnic & trans populations. Those are social psychological matters, not medical.
Cya...
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