Thread by @ALT_uscis

I have to correct the WH Dr Debbie expert here because I know she knows the truth.
She is justifying relaxing social distancing trump wants by citing the success in HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.
Hold on to your hats because I am very familiar with it with FACTS
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1- HIV is not Covid
HIV transmission in subsaharan Africa happens mainly with unprotected sex and Mothers to baby.
Covid-with close contact with one another
and Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
right there is a much WIDER RISK ZONE

2- Women between 15-24 years have 8 times the HIV+rates that of Men. We knew that and we knew that with targeted Antiretroviral therapy of this group, the infection rate could be slowed down.
COVID doesn't care about age or gender or who you bang

3-One HIV positive human may infect on average 5-10 people a month. Mainly sex workers who are targeted heavily by ART already.
A Covid carrier can infect dozens to hundreds in one day based on their movement ( it would be impressive if they can *** that many 1 day)

4-HIV complications occur at a much slower pace than COVID complications post infection. Months to years vs DAYS.
Hiv complications are treated with widely available medication and do not require ICU care nearly as much as COVID complications.

5- People in subsaharan Africa do not move about nearly as much and as fast as we do in the US. That is why targeted therapy works there, because people sit still and you have time to analyze data, respond to hot spots and can have medication shipped with ease.
NOT COVID.

6 -summary: one disease cycle is days, the other is months to years.
- One gets you the ICU in days, HIV in months if not years allowing time to plan prevention campaigns, awareness, condom drops, ART & paced critical medical infrastructure use

WTF are you talking about Becky

7- I am just a parody tweeter who just happened to have been lost once in subsaharan desert while hunting for the best #kabob and tagged along with people who did the HIV work, for a long fucking time. I am sure Dr. CovidBecky knows best

8- no you ain’t done it Dr CovidBecky in Africa and you didn’t stop it.
The entire world + NGOs have been gradually chipping at it for 3 decades. Ask bill Clinton, he negotiated treatment cost to pennies per dose per day DECADES, still 70% of new hiv infections happen there still

Dr CovidBecky here flat out stood in front of the American people and lied about something very basic to satisfy a moron President. She betrayed an entire profession and her peers should collectively disown her. End of thread

I forgot. Facts for you to be informed afro.who.int/health-topics/…

Not to sound more depressing or anything, but if you want a visual of when the “targeted “ laser focus HIV work Dr CovidBecky in the thread was referred to? It started a couple of year after this gif. It is still an ongoing effort.