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you forgot HIV/AIDS. we have the tools to basically snuff it out in 60-80 years if every male was on prep

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I think there’s a good chance we snuff it out in 80 years even if they aren’t. Actual cures seem to be on the horizon.

Why would every male need to be on prep?

To prevent HIV so then we abolish it. Like how we got rid of Polio and such.

PrEP just happens to actually work here, but I guess condoms could too. But historically that's not gonna happen.

It's probably not worth the effort, though. But we can, and do, eradicate diseases via preventative mechanisms. Which is astounding.

Look at how hard it has been to eradicate diseases that only require a couple of doses of a vaccine. How feasible do you think it would be to provide daily prep to every male in the world? Even in developed countries with free vaccinations we are suffering from measles outbreaks in 2025.

For diseases like measles, it's entirely due to human stupidity and society's unwillingness to oppose the stupidity and take the public health steps necessary to eradicate the disease. I agree with you. We're never going to complete any global public health project that relies on uninformed (or misinformed) people making voluntary decisions.

Most free countries have decided that freedom includes people having a right to be stupid, at least up to a point. And we've had several generations now raised on the "my body my choice" mantra so reversing course will take some time.

Are those really developed countries? A decent free public school education is a requirement for a nation to be considered developed.

>> Even in developed countries with free vaccinations we are suffering from measles outbreaks in 2025.

> Are those really developed countries? A decent free public school education is a requirement for a nation to be considered developed.

Here's some data:

    In 2025 1, 2,755 measles cases (2,429 confirmed, 326 probable)
    and 0 rubella cases have been reported in Canada. [0]

    Education in Canada is for the most part provided publicly,
    funded and overseen by federal, provincial, and local
    governments. [1]

    Medicare is a term that refers to Canada's
    publicly funded health care system.
    Instead of having a single national plan, we have 13
    provincial and territorial health care insurance plans.
    Under this system, all Canadian residents have
    reasonable access to medically necessary hospital and
    physician services without paying out-of-pocket. [2]

Sources:

[0] https://health-infobase.canada.ca/measles-rubella/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Canada

[2] https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/canada-healt...

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