If drugs do extend the lives of infected people for, say, decades--and I hope they do and that Sullivan is wrong about his own fate--I, too, would use the word cure.
I would say the drug that extends the lives of the infected is a cure.
This drug shortens the lives of the infected, it is no cure.
Two people are outdoors.
We went to some fast food places that were good.
A man is sitting in a chair.
There is an animal.
The surfer is on a body of water.
In the end, it chose what in its opinion was the least costly and burdensome choice.