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Whether that is seen as a failure, though, depends on your point of view.
這個計劃的失敗與否取決于你怎么看。
Had the target been reached easily is would surely have been criticised as unambitious.
如果這個目標能輕易實現，人們肯定會被批評其缺乏雄心壯志。
Regardless of when 90-90-90 is achieved the next aim, 95-95-95, is already pencilled in for 2030.
不管90-90-90何時實現，下一個目標，2030年前實現95-95-95，已經確定下來了。
This is also the year set by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals fort he end of aids as a public health threat.
今年也是聯合國可持續發展目標確立的一年，目的是消除艾滋病對公眾健康的威脅。
The exact meaning of that phrase is unclear. But in principle eliminating HIV is possible with existing technology.
這種說法的具體含義尚不明確。但原則上，用現有技術消滅艾滋病毒是可能的。
As has happened with smallpox and polio, the identification and treatment of all who are infected would stop new cases arising.
正如天花和脊髓灰質炎一樣，對所有感染者的確認和治療將阻止新病例的出現。
The slogans for this are "zero new HIV infections", "zero aids-related deaths"
對此的口號是“零新發感染”，“零艾滋病死亡”
and (aids being an illness that has always been surrounded by prejudice) "zero discrimination".
以及（艾滋病是一種總是被偏見包圍的疾病）“零歧視”。
Unlike smallpox and polio, however, there is no vaccine against HIV.
但和天花以及脊髓灰質炎不同的是，沒有對抗HIV的疫苗。
If this state of affairs continues, eliminating the virus will mean giving drugs to all those infected until they have died of other causes.
如果這種情況繼續下去，消滅病毒將意味著給所有感染者提供藥物，直到他們因其他原因而死亡。
It will also mean someone paying for those drugs.
這也意味著某些人要為這些藥物買單。
And, in the case of those living in the poorest parts of the world, that "someone" is often going to be taxpayers in rich countries,
對于那些生活在世界最貧窮地區的人來說，“某些人”通常意味著富裕國家里的納稅人，
who already contribute about $8bn a year to the anti-aids effort.
他們每年已經為抗擊艾滋病貢獻了約80億美元。
Exterminating HIV, then, will be a huge undertaking and an expensive one. But not, with luck, an impossible one.
因此，消滅艾滋病毒將是一項艱巨的任務，且代價高昂。但幸運的是，這并非不可能。
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