Trump Fires HIV/AIDS Council In Its Entirety By FEDEX Letter, Report Claims

Newsweek ^ | Dec 29, 2017 | Callum Paton

[Oshkalaboomboom]

President Donald Trump fired the remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Wednesday, reportedly informing them without explanation with a letter delivered by FedEx.

The mass dismissal of the advisers marked another nadir in the administration’s dealing with the council. In June, six members resigned from PACHA writing in an open letter, published in Newsweek, saying the Trump White House was pushing for legislation that would harm people living with HIV.

Scott A. Schoettes, a Chicago-based HIV/AIDS activist and one of the members of the advisory panel who resigned over the summer, tweeted yesterday that the remaining council members had been fired for calling President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “dangerous.”

“Remaining #HIV/AIDS council members booted by @realDonaldTrump. No respect for their service,” Schoettes wrote on the social media site. “Dangerous that #Trump and Co. (Pence esp.) are eliminating few remaining people willing to push back against harmful policies, like abstinence-only sex ed,” he added.

[NetAddicted]

:D

[newfreep]

My wife, literally the girl-next-door, lost a battle to breast cancer at 28.

On a per-capita basis, funding to AIDS/HIV is faaaaaar more than cancer.

Considering one can avoid AIDS/HIV by changing their lifestyle, it makes me very angry so much is spent on a sick & perverse lifestyle choice that is easily avoided.

[DoodleDawg]

He should just get rid of this worthless advisory council altogether.

I think he just did.

[publius911]

The mass dismissal of the advisers marked another nadir in the administration’s dealing with the council.

I wonder what Callum Paton' first language is.
For any discussion item, in English, there can only be one nadir, by definition.

[fwdude]

He may have gotten rid of it, but more likely he will appoint his own advisors to it, since he did reauthorize it by EO.

[DoodleDawg]

He may have gotten rid of it, but more likely he will appoint his own advisors to it, since he did reauthorize it by EO.

He can also unauthorize it through Executive Order or leave the panel empty.

[fwdude]

He can also unauthorize it through Executive Order or leave the panel empty.

Believe me, that would be my ardent wish.

Money-sucking, feel-good, worthless bureaucracy.

[Trillian]

They must not have been doing their job. Were they enabling and promoting the behavior that causes it? Leftists tend to do that a lot.

[JudyinCanada]

How sad. I am sorry for such a tragic loss to you.

I guess the help goes to the loudest, angriest people...plus nobody wants to be labeled a homophobe. So sick of the nonsense.

[itsahoot]

Where is “The President’s Council on Autism”, or “The President’s Council on Diabetes”, or many other non-existent councils on major health topics?

None of those diseases have civil rights, AIDS does, in fact it is the only disease that enjoys that right.

[itsahoot]

I don’t feel no ways tired.

That is tard pilgrim.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Don’t believe these Lying Leftist Media outlets

Is this a good enough source for you?

[Morpheus2009]

Who on this planet doesn’t know how HIV spreads. The people who spread it are, by the majority, people who engage in reckless behavior, and any sane attempt to contain the disease is met with utter contempt.

[anton]

He should have let someone at the DOJ know and they could have leaked it for him.

[Wuli]

“None of those diseases have civil rights, AIDS does, in fact it is the only disease that enjoys that right.”

I take it that you are being truthfully sarcastic, and not implying that being a person with HIV SHOULD grant someone some “civil rights”.

[Jim W N]

That is EXACTLY what I’m talking about. Post articles like that - https://nypost.com/2017/12/29/trump-fires-entire-white-house-hiv-aids-council/ - as the reasonably reliable source of the story.

[itsahoot]

I take it that you are being truthfully sarcastic, and not implying that being a person with HIV SHOULD grant someone some “civil rights”.

Well actually the have superior civil rights but yes. The common comment when the laws were passed was that it was the first disease with civil rights.

I can remember when people with TB were actually locked away in sanatoriums.

[Lurker]

“My wife, literally the girl-next-door, lost a battle to breast cancer at 28.“

My condolences for your loss. My brother passed in April from thyroid cancer. He was 56. My sister in law is fighting Stage 3 breast cancer now. My mom beat it 5 years ago and leukemia 5 years before that.

It’s a hideous disease in any form.

L

[newfreep]

Thanks for your kind words - it always helps even though Susan passed many, many moons ago.

She regressed rapidly beginning at Thanksgiving and by the time Jan 1st arrived to travel to Mexico for a last chance treatment, I had to carry her in my arms.

It was a major challenge to get back to San Diego for a return flight home (Dayton, OH). The SD Police took us from the Intl Line direct to a local hospital where an ER doctor told me she may not make it home. Even boarding the return flight, it took an extra hour as I "debated" with the pilot who did not want someone so sick to fly his airplane.

After waiting for everyone to depart, a wheelchair was brought to assist her. Shockingly, her seat was filled with blood and I still recall two stewardesses crying uncontrollably at the sight.

An ambulance was waiting on the tarmac and took her to a hospital. On the way she lapsed into a coma and died 5 days later on Jan 15 - never had a chance say our good-byes continues to haunt me.

So these holidays are still very, very tough to get through...and kind words from people like you two helps more than words can ever express.

Not sure why I rambled on with my story...so please forgive me if I crossed the line.

Susan, after we moved to Hollywood on a day up in the H-Hills....

[editor-surveyor]

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While you’re certainly correct on the funding issue, the real tragedy in cancer is how the government and the drug manufacturers fight the real cures for cancer and literally jail people for curing it!
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