The impact of HIV/aids virus

[sproing99]

Although the causes of HIV/AIDS are well understood, it boggles my mind how different groups can hold the positions they do:

- Various South African politicians who claim that poverty is to blame for AIDS not HIV
- The Catholic church who still refuse to sanction the use of condoms
- People who run abstinence only sex education programmes

How long will it be before a successful suit is made ?

 

[Wainkerr99]

one of the craziest things about hiv is it's ability to reinfect and mutate.
http://aids.about.com/cs/safesex/a/reinfection.htm
http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com...anding-the-tricks-of-HIV-infection&odr=&page=

the new shit is gene therapy tho....hopefully
http://io9.com/5227470/a-drug-to-re+awaken-ancient-human-genes-and-fight-hiv

It is beginning to look like two wrongs may make a right.

 

[blake]

There may be a number of reasons they can have unprotected sex with certain people and not have them catch it.
1) The anti-viral drugs they are on are working so well that the virus has been effectively suppressed (not cured) and is not active enough to be infectious. Some virus's are only spread when the virus is 'active' even though the virus might always be present.

2) Certain people have a genetic resistance to the virus, those gals may be lucky enough to have it. http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2005/01/66198

 

[Skyraider22]

Although the causes of HIV/AIDS are well understood, it boggles my mind how different groups can hold the positions they do:

- Various South African politicians who claim that poverty is to blame for AIDS not HIV
- The Catholic church who still refuse to sanction the use of condoms
- People who run abstinence only sex education programmes

How long will it be before a successful suit is made ?

Good luck with that one I still say this is a made made virus that got out of control or the wrong people got hold of it It is hard to take the idea of this virus been found I'm just saying just like our cancer thread with the right amount of money this will go away.

 

[bustybbwlover]

In May 2003, a group of Belgian researchers led by Dr. Anne-Mieke Vandamme, published a report16 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. By analysing samples of the two different subtypes of HIV-2 (A and B) taken from infected individuals and SIV samples taken from sooty mangabeys, Dr Vandamme concluded that subtype A had passed into humans around 1940 and subtype B in 1945 (plus or minus 16 years or so). Her team of researchers also discovered that the virus had originated in Guinea-Bissau and that its spread was most likely precipitated by the independence war that took place in the country between 1963 and 1974 (Guinea-Bissau is a former Portuguese colony). Her theory was backed up by the fact that the first European cases of HIV-2 were discovered among Portuguese veterans of the war, many of whom had received blood transfusions or unsterile injections following injury, or had possibly had relationships with local women.

from http://www.avert.org/origins.htm
this site has a lot of other info to
http://www.avert.org/

 

[don_equis]

Magic Johnson was tested a few years ago and there was no trace HIV in his body. He stated he has had unprotected sex with his wife since that test and she is not infected.

WOW! Even if he does not have the shit active in him that is very irresponsible on both of them to do...that's messed up, you don't play that shit.