Lawmakers urge Trump admin to protect
those with HIV amid coronavirus pandemic
NBC News,
by
Nico Lang
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
3/20/2020 9:41:47 PM
Eleven Democratic senators called on the Trump administration Thursday to recognize the particular needs of people living with HIV as it responds to the global coronavirus outbreak. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Thursday, the senators warned that the coronavirus “poses a serious health risk” to the estimated 1.1 million people in the U.S. who are HIV positive. The letter, which was shared with NBC News, says that “this risk is heightened by barriers to health care access” exacerbated by the White House’s own policies. “Your agency's actions to reduce health care discrimination protections
Reply 1 - Posted by:
columba 3/20/2020 9:51:36 PM (No. 352660)
It is probably not Christian-like to say what I am thinking.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Nimby 3/20/2020 9:53:13 PM (No. 352662)
Why should they take precedence over older generations?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom 3/20/2020 10:02:15 PM (No. 352669)
Interesting, coming on the heels of HIV/AIDS activists who want disclosure rules eliminated.
Wouldn't HIV positive people fall into the same category as other immunosuppressed people? There are a lot of conditions and medications that suppress the immune system and some of those can be embarrassing. The article says that the Trump administration has done nothing to remove the "stigma" of HIV they don't want to be required to disclose the information to healthcare workers.
I would think it wouldn't be anything to debate. Even though HIV has become manageable with drugs how fair is it to expose someone to a disease that, even if manageable, causes a lifetime of tests and medication.
Let's face it. Trump was and always will be "bad" no matter what. The Left will always be "good" and compassionate.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 3/20/2020 10:16:20 PM (No. 352672)
I am surprised I didn’t see this coming. It follows on the heels of the post below: Mass hospital cancels elective surgery, except abortion.
So, we’ll protect a (mostly) result of a perverted lifestyle, And those who will murder their babies.
Nice.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
planetgeo 3/20/2020 10:30:07 PM (No. 352680)
Good Lord there is no end to the weird fixations and pet perverted causes of these insane people.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rama41 3/20/2020 10:31:25 PM (No. 352681)
"Among the populations most profoundly affected are elderly individuals, those with a history of respiratory issues and people with compromised immune systems. The latter group includes those living with HIV." The first sentence says it all. Democrats are now advocating for one sub-group.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
pensom2 3/20/2020 10:31:57 PM (No. 352682)
This features Sen. Menendez, the Dominican Republic's most well-known young woman sex abusing tourista.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mizzmac 3/20/2020 10:35:23 PM (No. 352684)
It begins. We'll soon be seeing initiatives by the Democrats to divide us like never before. Special legislation for HIV-positive persons and Corona. Trans persons and Corona. Transitioning persons and Corona. Sex workers and Corona. LGBTQ persons and Corona. Pedophiles and Corona. Get ready. Gotta play to all the peeps.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bamboozle 3/20/2020 10:37:27 PM (No. 352685)
There are lots of people with risk factors: old people, diabetic people, asthmatic people....All are at risk so why do the Dems want special treatment for one of their 'special' subgroups?
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Oh bunk. Lifestyle with HIV consequences is a CHOICE.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
droopydog 3/20/2020 11:00:40 PM (No. 352695)
I don't believe President Trump excluded them from his actions on this virus. Of course, and most importantly, the HIV community needs to take precautions.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
anniebc 3/20/2020 11:05:00 PM (No. 352696)
Leftists are pure evil. Do HIV patients who also have to be alphabet get precedence over normal HIV people?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
4Justice 3/20/2020 11:07:31 PM (No. 352698)
Nobody is going to turn someone away from medical services because of religious conflicts!! That is just stupid! Religious people are more likely to want to help people who need medical care than non-religious folks. These leftists are so self-absorbed and such schemers, they actually believe God-fearing people would let people die simply because they don't agree with someone's sexual orientation?!? That is just plain rotten! No folks...religious people are compassionate. Reversing some of those "protections" was about things like abortion--the killing of innocent lives that conflicts with religious beliefs. It has nothing to do with whether or not a gay man with HIV would receive medical treatment. If course he would. Leftists will manipulate and say anything to push their agenda no matter how absurd.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
4Justice 3/20/2020 11:13:34 PM (No. 352700)
Oh...and, btw, nobody is saying that homosexuals should have preference over the elderly. That is misconstruing what the lefties are saying. I think the lefties are just trying to make the President look uncaring or evil during this crisis. They also want to put those "protections" back in so they can keep forcing people to give abortions and do other things that go against people's religious convictions.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
LadyHen 3/20/2020 11:50:06 PM (No. 352706)
Since HIV is considerably harder to contract than well, almost anything, explain to me why they should take precidence?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Italiano 3/21/2020 12:03:05 AM (No. 352710)
Weren't most of us supposed to be dead of AIDS by now? They told us that in the 80's. Due to Reagan's inattention, of course.
History is repeating itself. It didn't work then, it won't work now.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bighambone 3/21/2020 12:03:59 AM (No. 352711)
It’s not the job of the Trump Administration to select certain favored Democrat constituency groups for special protection and receive priority healthcare in front of just plain Americans. As President Trump has been saying, the first priority for him and his scientific team as they manage this Chinese virus crisis is the health and safety of all Americans. Those liberal Democrat Senators are a joke.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Trigger2 3/21/2020 12:16:48 AM (No. 352715)
What's next? Are pedophiles special too? How about hookers or would that encompass too much of those congress critters?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 3/21/2020 6:29:24 AM (No. 352817)
Trannys! What about trannys?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 3/21/2020 7:01:53 AM (No. 352831)
HIV is a consequence largely attributable to a lifestyle choice...... you people chose poorly.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 3/21/2020 9:36:02 AM (No. 352975)
It's too bad we didn't treat AIDs when it first broke like we're treating the China virus.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 3/21/2020 10:55:31 AM (No. 353083)
Homosexuals are always looking for special treatment, special attention.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Winstonian 3/21/2020 11:42:28 AM (No. 353153)
Thank you Democrat’s for an example of what Medicare for All (except you) government run healthcare would look like.
totalitarianism
A form of government in which the state controls every aspect of the individual’s life and all opposition is suppressed.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Strike3 3/21/2020 12:18:30 PM (No. 353206)
I'll risk it, #1. Those people shown in the current bombardment of HIV commercials always look so carefree, gay and happy. They caught that particular virus through their own behavior. Why the special consideration? The smiling, touchy-feely boys do nothing but sicken me.
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