'who's in a bunker? who's in a bunker?'

[jtguy]

Hello LJ friends. It's been too long... And I have to say I'm annoyed with FB land, but that's another rant

Comments

[orpheuskiss]

Wow that's fucking awful. That poor woman. Did she live through it?

I figured community based HIV prevention would be one of the first things to go with all of the budget cuts, though I agree with you that it's fucking stupid. I hope you find something else soon.

[jtguy]

Miraculously, she survived the initial attack. I have no clue what her quality of life is going to be or if she actually recovers.

Re: HIV/STD prevention services, it's like all other community-based care services and public school/education programs. People in our country don't realize (or care!) that properly funding said services actually save$ billions of dollars in costs long term. I just resent higher placed policy makers and well-heeled providers who are complicit in this nonsense, it just keeps reminding me that the needs of the poor and most vulnerable were never on their minds in the first place.

[orpheuskiss]

I just resent higher placed policy makers and well-heeled providers who are complicit in this nonsense, it just keeps reminding me that the needs of the poor and most vulnerable were never on their minds in the first place.

Amen to that.

[singingtoearth]

Oh, wow! I will let you know if I hear anything. We just hired a new prevention guy, unfortunately.

[jtguy]

Don't worry about it. I'm looking to get out of HIV work at this point. It's just too toxic and due to have its funding pulled out from under it by January. Hopefully I'm wrong, though, regarding funding.