I want you to sign on to this (there's the smack of authority):
http://www.avac.org/ht/d/sp/i/34301/pid/34301For the non-HIV policy wonks, this statement is in rather technical language but basically it says "This study [ACTG 5202] has proved that if you stick people on HIV drugs it makes them 20 times less infectious, so let's stop messing around with ideologically-driven HIV prevention and get as many people on treatment as we can. We need to fund other stuff too, including safer-sex support and condoms, but only if it's been shown beyond all shadow of doubt to work".
It's in cautious language but that's because it was got together by a really disparate coalition of people involved in HIV ranging from ankle-biting activists (including me) through respected scientists to US government reps. HIV infections are starting to go down and if we build a really strong coalition behind evidence-based and rational prevention, they will go down a lot faster.
Best, Gus