1st Bit...

 

The beginning of October's been handled & most of the 1st of the month bills have been paid.  What's not, will get handled Monday or online.  So October's here & I'm already hating it.  The days are shorter & temps are dropping.  

There is nothing about this time of year I wouldn't give up for steady sunshine.  I've been in a rather off state for months now, then the colonoscopy sedation happened.  After that, the moods & emotions went to 11 & my tolerance & resistance dropped to 0.

If this is the best it gets & things are just going to keep sliding downhill I'd rather not see 2025.  Hell, I didn't want 58, but here I am.  To hell with the dark of the year.  May all the perky people who love it have a horrible season.  I don't know which I despise more the dark of the year or perky people.

That's all for now.  Glad we've got things handled, Hating the change of the seasons.  

Take care.

Cya...

Native HIV...

 

I don't find many articles on HIV among the Native American Peoples.   When I do I try to post about the piece.   This article is about the disparities among the various groups of Natives in America; by tribe, education & other demographics.  

Lee’s work is critical based on Native American health disparities that stem from historical & present-day colonization, marginalization & discrimination against Indigenous communities. Native Americans represent only 1% of the national HIV and AIDS cases, yet they rank 1/3 in new HIV diagnoses, following African American & Hispanic populations.

It was a good read & her efforts should be worth  following.  Give it a read.  Take care.

Cya...

Nearly Forgot...

 

It's the 1st of the month & we have bill stuff to handle.  My roomie had a friend over & I nearly forgot about doing a blog post.  Other than a few errands & stuff, the day is mostly handled.  I'll leave this brief today & post more tomorrow.

Take care.

Cya...

Great, If You Get It...

 

There've been a lot of articles this morning discussing how Gilead is allowing for generics of it's new twice yearly HIV med & PrEP med, Lenacapavir.  This will only happen in about 120 poorer countries, leaving the rest of the world to foot the bill.   

This isn't the 1st time this has happened.  A few years back they did this to other meds.   Dropping the drugs price significantly for African countries.  What would pay for a few days of the medication in the US, would be year's worth there.   

Gilead will be asking about $42K+ for the 2 dose med in places like the US.  It has been stated in other articles this med could be made for as low $40 annually.   So, these parts of the world will get a med that most people in the US & similar countries won't be able to get for some time due to  broken healthcare systems.  

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for these people.  It just seems I'm never in the right market to get these prices.  I know these places are in horrible condition.  Still, I think some people need to look at the level of poverty & horror shows going on in their own backyards before they go touting foreign charity efforts.

Take care.

Cya...

Hello October...

 

A new month is here, please be better than Sucktember.  Of course the 1st week is a bit busy with bills & the like.  It's a bright morning, a good way to start a month.  It'd be really nice if this was an easy month.  

I didn't notice much in articles.   It's mostly the same old song.  It's alway, everyone needs to do more & be more understanding.  This could've been much further along if certain companies didn't value profits over health.  Then there's the ideologues, who use their war on Gays, ethnic groups & HIV to further their social agenda.   HIV isn't going anywhere as long as it's good resource for the wrong kind of people.

That's all for now, again, Hello October.

Cya...