Posted on 10/22/2024 10:37:30 AM PDT by fwdude
In 2020, a gay Thai man living with HIV sparked controversy with a Facebook post. He was on antiretroviral therapy and had gotten lab tests to check the level of virus in his blood. Since his viral load was undetectable, he wrote, he was going to stop using condoms.
The public responded with a mix of contempt and disbelief. How could he? So selfish! So reckless! The resulting debate spilled from social media onto national radio and TV.
“There was a huge backlash,” remembered Dr Nittaya Phanuphak, the Executive Director of the Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI). She was telling the story from IHRI’s sunlit offices to teams from Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia. They’d come to Bangkok as part of a learning exchange coordinated by the Global Partnership for Action to Eliminate all Forms of HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination.
Dr Nittaya said that she and her father, Professor Praphan Phanuphak, thought it was their duty to contribute to the public discourse. While the man’s approach might have been unconventional, the science behind his statement was sound.
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And who's going to just take the word of a potential sexual partner who merely says that they're "undetectable?" That's stupid on steroids.
I support his decision, spread death far and wide. I just don’t care, but I think that men and women who are diverga-sexuals should get a tatoo identifying themselves as such. Maybe a special chip that can send a signal to all of the contacts on their phones. ... . I know, not Conservative, or pro-Liberty...or is it?
I will always respond to my intuition. If that is phobic, so be it.
The narrative is insane if you listen to it. Thankfully, this doesn’t affect nearly all the Freepers here (we don’t have “statuses”), but the members of this at-risk “community” will demand that people have sex with the HIV vectors to “prove” you aren’t a phobe.
“Innovation” — keep your pecker out of poop chutes.
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Why doesn’t this same death wish extend to Covid? if it’s so deadly, why not spread it like HIV?
A who’s who of leftist NWO outfits.
Undetectable is a play on words...The most recent tests ability to detect virus is down to about 20 copies per cc of blood. So “undetectable” means less than 20 copies per cc. Hiv is still present. The WHO or UNAIDS act as if “undetectable” means untransmissable.(Not absolutely true)....plus the viral genome integrates itself into host dna....so hiv is always present...those infected...especially if a new mutant arises or the infected misses a few doses can be infectious again.
HIV is exposing the inability of too many humans to control an infectious agent. Both in thought and deed.
“While the man’s approach might have been unconventional, the science behind his statement was sound.“
Science is the degree to which we understand d a thing. It is not absolute. I wouldn’t get fast and loose with a virus as smart and experienced as the AIDS virus.
I was wondering if undetectable HIV meant HIV infected wouldn’t prematurely age 14 years, which they do now, even when treated with antiretrovirals. To look up more info, check FR keyword hivacceleratedaging.
I read on the CDC website that "the only way to know your 'HIV status' is to get tested." That is demonstrably false. Many millions of Americans can know 100% that they are not infected with or at risk of HIV because their responsible behavior guarantees it. Conversely, a test can give a false negative in an at-risk individual when an infection is very recent, so testing is a very poor tool in navigating this needless mine field of sexual risk. That false-negative individual might feel relieved and empowered to sleep around with abandon as a result, infecting many others, being "safe" from being a transmitter.
Well...he is gay, after all.
I support his decision, spread death far and wide.
I fail to see a downside to his decision. The more partners, the better.
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