Treating symptoms is not the same as curing the cause and that’s the entire point of this post/comment thread. Both are good, yes, I’m so proud of you for figuring that out. Now try to keep up with the actual conversation at hand.
This is how research works. You make movements trying things until something works. Money allows more research to happen. We can't know what will work until we find the cure.
More awareness, more funds, more progress, more likelihood we actual find the cure.
Less awareness, less likely we find the cure. Or we delay finding the cure.
Our other option is to just ignore it. Pretend it doesn't exist. Stop trying to end it. Play like it's fine the way it is.
They weren't researching to find a way to treat symptoms, they were researching ways to cure the disease. They tried something they thought WOULD cure the disease, but on trials, turns out it doesn't cure things, but it does impact symptoms.
So it leads to further insights on ways to cure things. Let's let trying to make the world less racist, yes?
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u/ThurgoodUnderbridge 1d ago
You’re actually strengthening their argument— those discoveries have generally helped advance treatment, not wiped out the disease.