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Many have called Trump the worst president ever. However, under his 1st presidency, he did not come close to causing the amount of death that occurred under the leadership of Bush Jr., whose War on Terror brought him into the top 20 of most murderous regimes in the history of earth.
But Trump 2.0 is set to be far more deadly. His cuts to HIV program funding in Africa, alone, is predicted to result in over 500,000 deaths of children, along with 2.8 million orphaned when their parents die of AIDS.
CIDRAPUS cuts to HIV programs in Africa threaten to set progress back to 'dark ages,' experts say
Via Dave Levitan:
Per a source with knowledge, the entire #HHS Office of #InfectiousDisease & #HIV / #AIDS Policy, or #OIDP, was just fired.
This breaks my heart.
The Trump/Musk regime want to take us back to the days of HIV/AIDS "killing all the right people" with MAGA Republicans cheering on the virus.
ABC News · Potential foreign aid cuts could lead to millions of HIV infections, deaths: Study
NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults - #PublicHealth #HIV #AIDS #NIH https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/nih-cuts-include-hiv-aids-prevention-program-for-adolescents/
STAT · NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adultsNIH terminated grants for a program studying how to diagnose, treat, and prevent HIV and AIDS in adolescents and young adults.
Today in Labor History March 24, 1987: 250 ACT UP members protested at Wall Street to demand greater access to experimental AIDS drugs and for a coordinated national policy to fight the disease. Seventeen ACT UP members were arrested.
#Musk: "I’ve never done anything harmful, I’ve only done productive things."
He's now constantly complaining about the #Tesla boycotts, and that's because his fortune is mostly in this #stock.
People are free to #boycott your products if you perform public sieg heils, defund #Ebola prevention and #AIDS research, complain about social welfare while getting 10s of billions in subsidies, actively interfere in foreign elections, and support anti-democratic actions of the #Trump administration.
For the people who don't believe #HIV causes #AIDS, why don't they try to infect themselves? Get a needle bro. Cmon @adam.
Maybe they'll prove us all wrong. Maybe they'll discover a newfound respect for big pharma (and programs like #PEPFAR) and all their work on antiretroviral therapy medicines.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/rfk-aids-hiv-hhs-donald-trump/
Mother JonesRFK Jr. has made false and dangerous claims about AIDS. That could become a global problem. Will the United States abandon lifesaving efforts to research and fight the virus?
Let's learn from the #activism that peaked at the height of the #aids epidemic. This post is from @theaidsmemorial on Instagram. #joy as #resistance. Keep on putting your oxygen mask on to help others.
No words...
Peter Donde was a 10-year-old infected with H.I.V. from his mother during childbirth. But American aid kept Peter strong even as his parents died from #AIDS. A program started by President George W. Bush called #PEPFAR saved 26 million lives from AIDS, and one was Peter’s.[...]
Without the help of the community health worker, Peter was unable to get his medicines, so he became sick and died in late February, according to Moses Okeny Labani, a health outreach worker who helped manage care for Peter and 144 other vulnerable children.[...]
“If #USAID would be here, Peter Donde would not have died,” Labani said.[...]
Achol Deng, an 8-year-old girl, was also infected with #HIV at birth and likewise remained alive because of American assistance. Then in January, Achol lost her ID card, and there was no longer a case worker to help get her a new card and medicines; she too became sick and died, said Labani.(
) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.3w7B.JereYHcyYH8N&smid=url-share #ElonMusk #Musk #ForeignAid #DOGE
The New York Times · Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
“To suddenly pull out, it will mean that there will be people not able to access their treatment and, ultimately, that will result in people dying. It will also result in treatment resistance” — strains of #HIV that evolve to make #medication ineffective
#AIDS #USAID #cruelty https://www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a-whole-new-level-of-cruelty-health-experts-decry-devastating-cuts-to-hiv-treatment-programs/
15,000 people have already died due to Trump's cuts to USAID.
SINCE 2003, AIDS relief through USAID had already saved >25 million lives. Trump's cuts to the agency could lead to hundreds of thousands, or even millions, more deaths in the next few years.
Measles has a mortality rate in poor countries of 3-5%. Without USAID, vaccinations in those countries will likely decline, increasing deaths, as well.
The Independent · Nearly 15,000 will have died already because of Trump and Musk’s cuts to USAID, advocacy program claims
'A bloodbath': HIV field is reeling after billions in U.S. funding are axed
https://www.science.org/content/article/bloodbath-hiv-field-reeling-after-billions-u-s-funding-axed
USAID's promises to support lifesaving efforts are broken, putting millions
in peril #access2meds #HIV #AIDS #UNAIDS
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USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola & AIDS. They’re Not Working
#ElonMusk claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But #Ebola programs are still in tatters, along w/other livesaving efforts like #AIDS treatments for #children.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-usaid-emergency-waivers-arent-working-from-ebola-to-aids/
" #USAID workers & other #PublicHealth experts have told WIRED that the waivers are useless...
"In the next five years, we could have 6.3 million AIDS-related deaths" due to US cuts to supply medications to manage HIV.
Africanews · This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people | AfricanewsNow the Trump administration has put the brakes on foreign aid while alleging it's wasteful, causing chaos in the system that for over 20 years has kept millions of people alive. Confusion over a temporary waiver for PEPFAR
Mark Pocan, Robin Kelly, and 109 Add’l House Democrats Urge Immediate Restoration of #PEPFAR
We urge that essential #HIV and #AIDS services continue uninterrupted;
A halt in these services threatens millions of lives, undermines decades of progress, and diminishes U.S. leadership in global health security and diplomacy
https://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pocan-kelly-109-addl-house-democrats-urge-immediate-restoration-pepfar
Congressman Mark Pocan · Pocan, Kelly, 109 Add’l House Democrats Urge Immediate Restoration of PEPFARWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Robin Kelly (IL-02) led 109 of their colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging him to restore essential HIV and AIDS services and expressing deep concern about the impact of the foreign aid funding pause on global health programs, particularly the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Foreign aid freeze raises fears of renewed AIDS crisis in Africa http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJ54pn #AIDS #Africa #ForeignAid #HealthCrisis #AIDSAwareness
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That's the result of #ElonMusk & his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE) appearing to take special aim at programs that include the word "#condoms" or "#contraceptives" in their funding documents. This includes virtually every initiative related to a global #HIV / #AIDS response program administered by the #State Dept known as the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or #PEPFAR.
#ElonMusk's Empty Hunt for Condoms Is Causing Real Harm
The false claim that #USAID was supplying Hamas with $50 million worth of condoms threatens to undo decades of work battling #HIV
Multiple #aid agencies have effectively ceased operations preventing the global spread of HIV & treating patients with #AIDS in the wake of funding cuts by the #Trump admin.
#Musk #DOGE #PEPFAR #PublicHealth #Health #geopolitics #USpol
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/elon-musk-trump-condoms-real-harm-1235272228/
Rolling Stone · Elon Musk’s Empty Hunt for Condoms Is Causing Real Harm