[malteof]

Not what he said though... He said it has no value for him - presumably since he doesn't have AIDS.

[mick87]

But there is value for him as he would have quick access to medicine if he ever gets AIDS. Of course someone who as AIDS values the medicine more but saying there is no value for him seems very short sighted.

[vasilipupkin]

The point is, everyone cannot be working on creating AIDS medicine. Someone has to be working on things that, say, cheer up the person working on aids medicine when she hits a wall.