As regulator prepares to approve Lenacapavir in the US, campaigners are urging the manufacturer, Gilead, to make it ‘available and affordable for all who need it’
If this shot were to become common in the gay community, would that just leave the IV drug community to be the main transmitter of HIV? Could we potentially see HIV effectively eradicated?
At $25-$50/yr with low to no risk of getting HIV I would get the shot. Just like a flu or COVID shot.
Twice yearly shot? Yup, sign me up.
As a medical provider, I’ll probably be required to get it.
If this shot were to become common in the gay community, would that just leave the IV drug community to be the main transmitter of HIV? Could we potentially see HIV effectively eradicated?
I don’t really know bit my supposition would be that eradication isn’t really on the table presently.
This is only a prophylactic. There are people right now with HIV who (excluding a “cure” emerging) will be potentially infectious in 40 or 50 years.
In the short to medium term making this accessible to populations in areas with a high prevalence could avoid millions of infections.