Another Worlds Aids Day is here. Nothing to celebrate, just a reminder that there are still many living and dying with this disease.
I have friends who have been afflicted, they did not choose to catch this disease nor did they do anything to deserve it. Some have passed and some, thankfully, are still with us. I remember the ones who are no longer here and feel sadness for them and all they could have been.
I feel anger too. Our government did nothing to help in the beginning of this health crisis. They chose to look away and call it a judgement from god. No one who has this (or any disease) was judged. They caught a disease that anyone of us could have, and any of us still could.
The friends who I know living with this disease have their hardships and they struggle. They fight everyday and I am sure there are times they feel like surrendering but thankfully they don't. I wish them many more years to come and perhaps we shall even get to raise our glasses and toast the cure together in our lifetime.
Sadly I don't believe we will. Too much money is made by keeping them alive and on medication. Like insulin for diabetics, sustainable medication is way more profitable then a cure.
