Why is there no big fundraiser for Hepatitis C?

Question: Millions of dollars are spend on research for AIDS, breast cancer, alzimeirs, autism and many other deserving causes. But why don't you see celebrities and large banks and anyone trying to raise money for research for Hepatitis C. People with HCV will always have the virus. In some it will get low but it is still there. Research is needed, so why don't we see anything?

Answers:
Actually there is quite a bit of research to try and cure hep c going on. Schering and Roche both made billions from their pegelated interferons. There is another hep C drug about to hit the market whose manufacturers stock has been real hot recently. The market for hep C cures is so lucrative that private research is being done all the time.

http://hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2005/01/new_hepatitis_c_1.html

In many countries reusing medical needles, unsafe vaccination policies and selling blood for transfusions are the primary vectors for the spread of hep C, so things are different in different countries. For example, thousands of GIs in the US were infected by dirty vaccination injection guns during the draft years of the Vietnam war and I'm sure this same type things happen in other countries as well that helps spread the virus.

Other Answers:
The number one reason Hep C continues to be transmitted is by sharing needles. I'm not saying people can 't get it other ways, and I know for a fact that they do- just that: Why would people want to start a charity for a "bunch of smack-heads?" That's the way society sees it.

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My understanding is that if you have genotype 2 there is a 80-85% chance you can be cured of it and it will not show up in the blood anymore. They use interferon shots 3 times a day for 6 months to 18 months.

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