Anybody else hoping that HIV treatments will prove effective against COVID 19?

[Goodheart]

Besides the fact that I would really welcome a cure or preventative, I can't wait to tell all the holy rollers that coronavirus is God's punishment on heterosexuals.

[applegrove]

1. I know. That is our best hope that they come up with a treatment that can keep people from having

to be in hospital for a month when they have a bad case of it. Imagine if it worked. That would be such a relief. There was a lab working on a sars vaccine after sars but they could not get backing. That is too bad as sars is also a coronavirus and it would be interesting if it would have worked too.

[RockRaven]

2. Well, that prospect is potentially concerning given that it may disrupt drug availability to

people with HIV. I doubt pharma companies can increase 10- or 100- fold (or whatever the number) their production in a matter of a few months. But maybe they can, I don't know either way, I'm just not taking it for granted.

So I cannot claim I hope for it, because I have no idea which route will lead to more angst, anxiety, poverty, suffering or death.

In theory, having a treatment which reduces disease severity, virulence, etc would be very welcome. In practice, it would be nice if it did not cause much collateral damage.

[applegrove]

3. Yes. A treatment that could be easily ramped up and not affect the supply

for current users would be great.

[Goodheart]

5. Didn't think of that.

In any case, I think it would be hilarious if current HIV patients have an immunity the rest of us lack. (Morbid, true, but funny).

[AJT]

4. It would be great if that turns out to work. Its production can be easily ramped up.

[customerserviceguy]

6. I'd like to hope

that with all of the time spent figuring out HIV, that scientists would have learned a LOT more about viruses and how to deal with them. Before Louis Pasteur, nobody knew squat about bacteria.