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To: Phsstpok
"How about vice-versa? Might H5N1 cure AIDS?"

You go first.

126 posted on 11/17/2005 8:39:20 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
Well, since I have neither AIDS or H5N1 flu it's not an issue, but if I were about to die of either, what the hell would I have to lose?

I have this attitude about "fatal illnesses" that comes partly from a Heinlein novel, I Will Fear No Evil, where an uber rich guy who wants to be allowed to die (but is kept alive against his will) comes up with an outrageous plan to fund and participate in a brain transplant experiment. He's sure that he won't survive and that will get around his problems. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending) it works out.

If I were terminal, or even just "hopelessly" crippled, I'd go out of my way looking for "kill or cure" type of treatments. Again, what would I have to lose?

127 posted on 11/17/2005 8:52:14 PM PST by Phsstpok (There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
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