My Music Monday

I know I did a Rosanne Cash song a few weeks ago, but today is not just My Music Monday, but also World AIDS Day....and there is no reason to skip my post for that. 

There has been some promising movement on the HIV and AIDS front. Some of it being in terms of gene therapy.

Johns Hopkins reported back in June 2025 that "a molecule within HIV itself can be manipulated and amplified to force the virus into long-term dormancy, a state in which HIV does not replicate. "

I could get into all the complicated detail surrounding this, but then I'd just sound like a White Paper and you already know I just did copy / paste. But for those interested, you can read about the research here. 

There are also injectable HIV medications, instead of pill form. Some are monthly, some every six months. These are for folks who already have their HIV under control with oral meds. But it would make patients more compliant and not have them miss a dose or two. A side effect is potential weight gain of 6-10 lbs. 

An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States have HIV, for which there is no cure or vaccine, and 4,941 people in the U.S. die each year from AIDS, the disease caused by HIV, according to HIV.gov. Worldwide, there are 39.9 million people living with HIV, and 630,000 deaths from HIV-related illnesses each year, according to the World Health Organization.

Honestly, 40 years in we are still looking for ways to decrease HIV. Covid, sure, let's get three different kinds of treatment within weeks and months. It tells me there is still a huge stigma around HIV - this one being funding for it, as some populations are less equal than others. 

And it wouldn't be a Blobby's Blog post without trashing this administration. 

FUCK. THEM. 

As for the song, I'm going with Cash doing "I Want a Cure" from her highly acclaimed 1990 disk Interiors. It's also the disk that killed her as a country artist. 

I've used the song title here before for a World AIDS Day post. I've just never posted the song. It is not about AIDS. It's not about disease per se. Interiors was all about transition for Cash. Divorce. Depression. Moving on. 

The song is very well written, produced and performed. My opinion, of course.