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Laura Seay

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I don't think most Americans understand that with ARVs, PrEP, & prevention of mother to infant transmission, we are on track to eradicate HIV/AIDS. If it continues, Trump's suspension of PEPFAR will end that & bring back HIV as a death sentence for millions.

Screenshot of the ARV pharmacy at Mengo Hospital, Kampala

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I visited the HIV/AIDS clinic at Mengo Hospital in Kampala, Uganda today just as clinic administrators learned the news of PEPFAR's suspension.
Here's the real-time impact:
The medicines on the shelves have to stay there and cannot be given to the patients who have come for treatment, and on Friday, the clinic will suspend its 26 staff members for three months without pay.
With 9000 patients, the clinic is one of the largest and oldest in the country, going back to 1997.
Instead of being on the brink of an AIDS-free generation, we are now facing the prospect of a new generation, especially adolescents, carrying the virus.
la this really the goal of America first?
#mengocares
#friendsofmengo #pepfar #historicchristchurch

January 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM

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Ezra Levin ❌👑

@ezralevin.bsky.social

Not to be alarmist, but this is the most radical presidential action I've ever seen. He's straight up seizing Congress' budget power. What do laws matter if the mad king's whims dictate what gets enforced and where money goes?

It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.

Yassamin Ansari @yassaminansari.bsky.social · Jan 28

Trump is blowing up the Constitution and dismantling democracy before our eyes.

Freezing all federal grants is a radical transformation of the relationship between the President & Congress.

It’s illegal & dictatorial & Americans will die as a result.

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