yeah, they also planned on saving money by leaving the EU

ha, nice :)

It’s entirely feasible. There are medicines that eliminate the risk of transmission. The challenge is getting at risk populations to take them

considering the long latent period of HIV, how is this even possible?

newly infected people can go there and be undetected for years.

Right. Because infected people don't travel.

It can be reduced but it can't be eliminated.

Elimination in the UK would require elimination across the world.

Yes so fuck them for wanting to eradicate HIV 🙄

Everyone wants to eradicate HIV/AIDS. And it's a silly goal to set for a country that size. There's absolutely no way they are going to be the first country in the world to eradicate it

I suppose that's the point : making sure there's no one that stays undetected for too long. That's why it's important to get tested regularly !

And I plan on being the richest guy in the world

So they shouldn’t try? Failing to see your point in being so negative about this.

America (maybe it was Britain, but I'm pretty sure it was one of those two) decided to do that for smallpox, and I believe we're bigger than Britain, and pretty much succeeded in that goal.

I'm not saying they shouldn't try. I'm saying that the announcement is stupid, both because it's what's everyone wants to do, and because they are never going to be the first country to do so.

I don't know where you're from, but the first country to officially eradicate smallpox was Iceland, and they are certainly not bigger than Britain.

Here's the thing. The only way England can be the first country in the world to eradicate HIV is if they invent the vaccine/cure; they force people to get it; and they keep it to themselves. Anything short of being willing to do that and this announcement is nonsensical.