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Six million people could die from HIV and AIDS if U.S. funding stops, UN agency warns

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The richests men in the world are literally taking medicines away from the poorest people in the world, leaving workers that have dedicated decades of their lives to protect and help people in dire need, and all for a transparent excuse that nobody believes. Pretending UNAIDS cuts will do anything instead of what actually represents the biggest chunk of spending (the military) makes no sense. Except of course when you consider that UNAIDS worked against Apartheid in South Africa against interest that Musk defends, or that it was investigating how Starlink was used in the Ukraine's war, once you see whose interests were being affected by UNAIDS it makes perfect sense that it is being destroyed.

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Six million people could die

Hmm, where have I heard that number before?

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Those who are against Trump's pulling out of the global funding programs will focus on the good these programs do, while those who support his decision will focus on all the waste and corruption. I'm sure there must be a healthy balance that can be achieved, where they can spend there where the benefits are clear.

BTW, I wonder if the 6 million number is intentional...

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Those who are against Trump's pulling out of the global funding programs will focus on the good these programs do, while those who support his decision will focus on all the waste and corruption.

Except that there is no such waste and corruption, at least not compared with the much more important one that comes with the real budget bleeding.

The programs being cancelled supported American producers, employed tens of thousands of Americans overseas, bought relevance, good will and influence for the US, and allowed outbreaks to expand and affect American interests. But since the programs also affected interests of powerful people then they were destroyed illegally to push for those interests to profit much more.

Ah and also to facilitate ethnic cleansing in Gaza, which is a nice bonus for the current US government.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/world/middleeast/usaid-trump-gaza-aid.html

Right now a lot of people that would have serious problems with the destruction of USAID became silent precisely because this benefits the plans Israel have about depopulating Palestine as much (and as soon) as possible.

BTW, I wonder if the 6 million number is intentional...

The number is only one of the many tragic consequences of the destruction, considering other consequences (outbreaks, lack of preventive medicine, etc.) the number is much higher.

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Except that there is no such waste and corruption, at least not compared with

always a disclaimer after a false absolute statement.

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Except that there is no such waste and corruption, at least not compared with the much more important one that comes with the real budget bleeding.

There is massive fraud, waste and abuse with USAID, which is why the US president has paused global funding.

Kind of makes sense--the leader of the biggest contributor looking into the transparency of the organization.

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People in need of the USAID will suffer from canceling it.

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People in need of the USAID will suffer from canceling it.

Not if other countries pick up the slack.

Why doesn't the UK take over the funding?

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always a disclaimer after a false absolute statement.

Since you failed to argue how this is false there is no need of a disclaimer.

There is massive fraud, waste and abuse with USAID, which is why the US president has paused global funding.

Again, compared with the quantity of money lost on the actually important parts of the budget (like the military) there is simply no comparison, even if the full budget of USAID was wasted (obviously it is not) it would still not represent more than 1% of the budget, military spending on the other hand...

The convicted felon Trump has no legal right to stop USAID, nor it would refute the fact that the US lost a lot of things it gained by USAID, nor that the main people being affected are the poorest ones.

Not if other countries pick up the slack.

Which again is a loss for the US, decades of work to oppose the gain of influence and power of countries like China and Russia have been already lost, either "picking up the slack" means more and more power the US wasted by this measure.

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On 45's watch a record number of Americans died because of the "Bleacher's" incompetent management of the pandemic and now it's the turn of millions of "the world's people" to die because of 47's heartlessness in choosing to wage genocidal warfare on the poor while promoting welfare for the rich.

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That’s what MAGA and the Right Wing Christian group want. The amount of hatred in both MAGA and mainstream media stream christianity is shocking in this day and age.

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Everybody screams when the American tax money is pulled, but no other country volunteers to take money from their citizens to replace it. Common on "outraged" Japanese, British, German, French, ... citizens, speak up. Volunteer a deduction from your paycheck. That's where this money originates. And how about some rich middle Eastern oil countries. Lets see who antes up.

That money is coming from ordinary US citizens, just like me. There is no magic money fountain here from which it flows from and into the 70 Countries mentioned above. We average taxpayers are paying those 5000 Ethiopian health workers mentioned. We said in the last election we are not willing to do it anymore.

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Everybody screams when the American tax money is pulled, but no other country volunteers to take money from their citizens to replace it.

Because most already give billions of their tax dollars in overseas aid, you want smaller economies to take on the burden of the worlds largest economy on top of what they already donate? Ridiculous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_development_aid_sovereign_state_donors

The US is biggest single donor, and pulling that funding will have adverse effects but for the record the following was 2019 figures

USA 55.27 Billion

China 38 Billion

Germany 35.02 Billion

India 33 Billion

France 19.5 Billion

Japan 17.47 Billion

Russia 1.14 Billion

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The US was the biggest USAID or foreign aid but the UK donates more per capita. per capita, Germany is the largest donor.

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Most American expats living in Japan do not pay US federal taxes.

That money is coming from ordinary US citizens, just like me. There is no magic money fountain here from which it flows from and into the 70 Countries mentioned above. We average taxpayers are paying those 5000 Ethiopian health workers mentioned. We said in the last election we are not willing to do it anymore

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It's easy to take the moral high ground when spending someone else's money.

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Peter14Today  10:56 pm JST

Everybody screams when the American tax money is pulled, but no other country volunteers to take money from their citizens to replace it.

Because most already give billions of their tax dollars in overseas aid, you want smaller economies to take on the burden of the worlds largest economy on top of what they already donate? Ridiculous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_development_aid_sovereign_state_donors

The US is biggest single donor, and pulling that funding will have adverse effects but for the record the following was 2019 figures

USA 55.27 Billion

China 38 Billion

Germany 35.02 Billion

India 33 Billion

Right, so China and India, with a 100 fold more citizens pays less than the US. Thanks for making my point for me.

As for claiming the US should pay more because we have "the worlds largest economy", we also have almost 30 Trillion dollars in debt. Today's USAID expenditures will still be being carried on the backs of my great grandchildren.

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BTW, let's not forget, we've known how HIV is spread for almost 30 years. We also know there are simple measures a person can take to prevent contracting HIV acquired through sexual activity. As for infection by blood transfusions, also easily preventable.

What steps are the governments of highly affected populations taking and why have they been so unsuccessful? This article only seeks to make the US look bad for possibly suspending funding. No mention of the failures by affected populations to curb infection rates.

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Bret TToday 01:21 am JST

Since there is effectively a cure in the form of remission, focusing on infection rates exclusively is asinine.

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The Gravy Train ran its last run

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People already (after 30+ years) know of the dangers of unprotected sex.Even Ethiopians can afford radios,right?

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WA4TKGToday 04:00 am JST

The Gravy Train ran its last run

People not dying from AIDS is a gravy train? Interesting thinking.

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 Stegling warned there would be a 400% increase in AIDS deaths if PEPFAR financial support is not re-authorized between 2025 and 2029.

Stegling is not a medical doctor, and does not have a Ph.d in any health-related discipline. These numbers are inflated.

This is a good time for transparency in the UN AIDS.

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This article only seeks to make the US look bad for possibly suspending funding

That would be because it do makes the US look bad, the disease spreads easily and even the best measures can only have a limited effect, not to count that they are expensive and difficult to implement. Suspending funding for excuses is not making the US look any good, in fact it makes it lose decades worth of influence.

Stegling is not a medical doctor, and does not have a Ph.d in any health-related discipline. 

She is not trying to directly treat patients, but instead to direct and coordinate efforts in public health, for that her masters degree is perfectly adequate.

These numbers are inflated.

Citation needed, nameless people on the internet making claims without any evidence are not an argument.

This is a good time for transparency in the UN AIDS.

No it is not, illegaly eliminating the US agency means there is no transparency since there is no agency, of course this is the whole purpose, to eliminate a very strong tool against autocratic government's influence.

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Stegling is not a medical doctor, and does not have a Ph.d in any health-related discipline. 

She is not trying to directly treat patients, but instead to direct and coordinate efforts in public health, for that her masters degree is perfectly adequate.

She can't treat patients; neither can you.

No it is not, illegaly eliminating the US agency means there is no transparency since there is no agency, 

"illegally eliminating".

Court citation needed. Which jurisdiction was the trial held?

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She can't treat patients;

She is not trying to treat patients, that is just a false claim you made.

neither can you.

How would you know? are you still making baseless claims about other posters to get your comments moderated? You know it is against the rules of the site to make false claims about other people commenting here, yet you routinely do when you run out of arguments.

"illegally eliminating".

https://apnews.com/article/usaid-foreign-aid-trump-rubio-48f8460804d33bdaa18d7765c4b24f9e

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Right, so China and India, with a 100 fold more citizens pays less than the US. Thanks for making my point for me.

The point is they have many more mouths to feed with much less money than the US, so how exactly does that make your point?

As for claiming the US should pay more because we have "the worlds largest economy", we also have almost 30 Trillion dollars in debt.

Living beyond your means is nothing new, just about every nations owes money.

Today's USAID expenditures will still be being carried on the backs of my great grandchildren.

No it wont, the money spent is money earned and does not really come from credit. Credit goes to high end things like Defense spending, NASA, research. What it doesnt go towards is universal health care for all Americans. Yet other nations make funding that a priority and still give aid.

USAID represents 0.22 percent of income. Australia also donates 0.22 percent of income as aid, and maintains one of the best universal health care systems in the world. Its all about choices. Giving the rich constant tax breaks means its the ordinary people who pay for everything while the rich continue to live in luxury. Have Trump fix that!

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iknowallFeb. 11 11:03 am JST

No it is not, illegaly eliminating the US agency means there is no transparency since there is no agency, 

"illegally eliminating".

Court citation needed. Which jurisdiction was the trial held?

It's Congressionally approved. What gives King Trump the right to tell Congress where its money is going?

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wallace

People in need of the USAID will suffer from canceling it.

Like the 50 mio USD for condoms for Hamas, or the 10 mio USD in DEI grants for colleges to study transgender lab mice? Please tell us who suffers if that stops.

In the event, it seems you do not even realize that "USAID" has nothing to with "aid". The abbreviation stands for "International Development" and as we now find out it was an uncontrolled slush fund for all sorts of insane projects. The article is in fact about US donations and not about the USAID as you seem to believe.

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Peter14

USAID represents 0.22 percent of income. Australia also donates 0.22 percent of income as aid,

USAID does not stand for "US AID" as you too seem to mistakenly believe. The danger of not reading further than legacy media headlines...

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ZaphodToday 01:58 am JST

Like the 50 mio USD for condoms for Hamas,

I know Serbians are capable of understanding there is more than one Gaza in the world, but I guess not this Serb.

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