The additional funds — only a fraction
of the city's $ 78
billion budget — would be used to support programs to reduce the
spread of HIV infection in local communities and provide
people living with HIV with access to care, medications that make viral loads undetectable, and
other treatment supports.
(
People who are colonized may be carrying millions, if not
billions,
of bacteria that can easily
spread to
others, either through direct contact or by touching common surfaces such as bed rails, doorknobs and blood pressure cuffs).