The current rule does allow for waivers, but the process is cumbersome and unscientific.
Now, one week after this year's World AIDS Day, we learn that the proposed new rule is worse than the one it would replace.
As reported in Medical News Today:
The proposed rule further discriminates against visitors with HIV by denying them the possibility of extending their visa or applying for residency. Furthermore, it does nothing to address a fundamental flaw in U.S. policy barring people with HIV from entering the United States.
"The proposed rule adds barriers to the already burdensome and stigmatizing process for people living with HIV seeking to enter the United States," Dr. Bardeguez added. "There is no public health rationale for excluding people with HIV from this country.
Arlene Bardeguez, MD, MPH, is the Vice Chair of the HIV Medicine Association.
It's hard to know what to say about this, except Bush is an evil person. Given the choice between dong something guided by science, or doing something that might, possibly, be politically advantageous, he chooses the political path. Never mind that it is such an obscure thing that the likelihood of any real political advantage is vanishingly small.
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what i can say is that bush didn't do much to advance HIV research. He just focuses on war.
Posted by: Macnerdzcare | December 17, 2007 2:16 AM
The Bush Administration knows how the media works.
Big announcements get the front page news and all the air time on TV, as pundits discuss what this policy will mean for their political chances. The actual policy can be completely opposite of the actual promise, since news of regulation changes is put on page 12, gets no television coverage, and unless the reporter is on the ball, won't be compared to previous statements.
I've lost count the number of times the Bush administration has announced a big projects with a great title, then promptly turned that title into an orwellian cover for bad policy.
Posted by: Left_Wing_Fox | December 18, 2007 2:06 AM