justbecause

There's a whole conspiracy theory out there that they could cure H, after all, they cured smallpox, a much deadlier virus. However, there's the rub. H isn't going to kill you (not by itself anyway). In the meantime, it is a very lucrative disease from a pharmecutical standpoint. Personally I find it hard to believe that there isn't some chance of a cure out there....even if it is a preemptive one (which doesn't do much for those of us already infected, but it would be nice).
A friend of mine theorizes that before AIDS, H was a primary concern for STD research, but once AIDS hit, resources and time and energy was diverted from the non-deadly H to combat AIDS.
At any rate, I do hold some out hope that the medical community is concerned about controlling if not curing H. And, at the rate that people are getting it in this country, that concern should increase, not the opposite.