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Topic subjectIt can be hard to get funding to do research on STD's.
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13423656, It can be hard to get funding to do research on STD's.
Posted by stravinskian, Thu Feb-11-21 12:10 PM

Because of social stigma and the idea that the patients 'brought it on themselves.'

HIV is an exception because it's killed so many people. But even with HIV it took way too long for funding agencies to stop clutching their pearls.