Comment by cj
10 hours ago
The person I was responding to says "HIV is not a solved problem" and "we need a new tool to solve it, a vaccine!"
My argument is simply that new tools are great, but it's not what's going to solve the HIV problem. Distribution, cost, access, stigma, etc are the larger problems to deal with. (We need to solve all the reasons why people aren't using the existing tools)
people don't forego condoms in high income nations due to lack of access, distribution, cost, or stigma.
they make the experience measurably worse for a maybe insurance.
I don't know what fixes that reality other than (maybe?) mass-traumatizing youths with stories and photos of STI/HIV victims, essentially scaring them into wearing a rubber at the risk of scaring them out of sex entirely.
... which is why a vaccine sure would be nice.