The US Center for Disease Control has ordered the withdrawal of all scientific papers for review in accordance with Trump’s decree to recognize only two articles. Experts and editors of scientific journals criticize this decision as unconstitutional.
“You can’t take away healthcare from people living with HIV,” Schmid said in the Managed Healthcare Executive interview. “It is a lifetime requirement, and unfortunately, we don’t have the private insurance, adequate private insurance, adequate Medicaid programs to ensure that people have that care, treatment, and the support services, the case management to make sure people stay adherent to their medications.”
“We can’t just erase or ignore certain populations when it comes to preventing, treating, or researching infectious diseases such as HIV. I certainly hope this is not the intent of these orders,” Carl Schmid, the executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, told Reuters.
Carl Schmid, the institute’s executive director, told Metro Weekly that Kennedy’s embrace of the theory that HIV is not the sole cause of AIDS is “dangerous” for those suffering from HIV domestically, as such beliefs could lead to the embrace of policies that cut off treatment and prevention measures. “I’m not a scientist or a clinician, but I know enough that these antiretroviral drugs out there, that are keeping people alive and healthy, are going after the virus and preventing it from replicating,” Schmid said. “How are you going to treat people if you don’t know what causes AIDS, and how are we going to prevent HIV if we don’t understand what causes HIV?”
Carl Schmid, executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, said that during George W. Bush’s presidency, researchers and organizations writing applications for federal grant funding for HIV-related matters had to avoid making any reference to gay people or condoms. The iron-fisted impact of Trump’s anti-DEI order, however, appears to be a league unto itself, HIV prevention experts said.