It’s not going to hold, ripe for demagoguery given the patient base, and a 5000% increase is going to be very difficult to defend.
“It’s not going to hold, ripe for demagoguery given the patient base, and a 5000% increase is going to be very difficult to defend”
Yep. The AIDS “defenders” will not tolerate this. Expect big demonstrations—maybe, eve, an AIDS Lives Matter movement.
I understand the focus on aids, but toxoplasmosis is a serious disease in itself. Often called ‘cat scratch fever’ it can be very harmful for infants infected by the mother.
My wife stayed away from cats and kitty litter boxes while she was pregnant.
A lot of people have toxoplasmosis, even in the US.
‘Young children and immunocompromised people, such as those with HIV/AIDS, those taking certain types of chemotherapy, or those who have recently received an organ transplant, may develop severe toxoplasmosis. This can cause damage to the brain (encephalitis) or the eyes (necrotizing retinochoroiditis).[15] Infants infected via placental transmission may be born with either of these problems, or with nasal malformations, ‘
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis An arbitrary 5000% increase in price for this drug is unconscionable.
Call your Congressman.
TWB