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From the FAIR Foundation slide show presentation to the pharmacists
at the PPSI (Pharmacists Planning
Service, Inc ) convention in
Palm Springs, CA
In 1999 HIV/AIDS was receiving $2,400
per patient in research versus $25 per diabetic. What was
Congress's solution: double all funding with 15 percent increases per
year for five years. 15 percent
of a small amount is still a small amount, whereas 15 percent of the
large AIDS funding was a very
large amount so the gap between AIDS and diabetes, got larger.
Conclusion: the Congressional solution
was NOT fair for all non-AIDS illnesses.
FAIR is not only concerned about the disproportionate
funding for HIV/AIDS. We also do not
think it fair that the funding by the NIH for the "Health effects of
climate change" is greater
than for cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy and 6,000 other orphan (rare)
illnesses
One regularly hears of the "devastating effects" of
AIDS on women. What is killing women?
Here Dr. Darling clarifies that issue for the audience
Dr. Darling's presentations are entitled "Ethical
Issues in the Allocation of Federal Dollars
for Disease Research and in solving America's Organ-donor Crisis." He
not only points
out the ethical dilemma of spending almost $3 billion on AIDS when its
deaths have plummeted
wherever the existing drugs and prevention education have been
implemented, but also in
our organ donation system's failure to adopt new organ donor policies to
reverse the present
crisis of one person dying every 90 minutes while waiting for a new
organ. If one person was
dying every 90 minutes in any hospital's emergency room, would that be
acceptable? Of course
not, new policies are needed and it is unethical to not at least try
them in a new state. To
send a prepared letter in support of new OD policies, click
here.
If you would like our Founder, Dr. Darling, to present
at your convention or continuing
education course, simple email him at
fair@dc.rr.com
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