[Alter Kaker]

If the vaccine were accompanied by self-control it might work better. As a matter of fact, aspirin and self-control do a pretty good job of protecting people from AIDS.

Funny, but most diseases are preventable by self-control. As far as dollar impact on the economy goes, the Common Cold beats HIV/AIDS by a mile, and yet something like 90% of all cold cases could be prevented if people simply washed their hands more often. Yet whenever we have a cold thread, we don't have self righteous moralists lambasting those of us stupid ones who occasionally get colds. Maybe you should spend less time casting stones and more time thinking up solutions to one of the great moral tests of our time.

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[Judith Anne]

The impact of a diagnosis of “common cold” has no comparison to the impact of a diagnosis of “HIV.”

/Just sayin...

[metmom]

Maybe you should spend less time casting stones and more time thinking up solutions to one of the great moral tests of our time.

Great moral tests of all time? What a joke!

If people didn't engage in immoral behavior, this wouldn't be a problem.

There's no need to be wasting money finding a cure for something people could stop dead in its tracks with a change in their behavior. It is not contagious like air or water borne pathogens. It's strictly a behavioral issue.

So what about the moral obligation gays have to the rest of the population in putting a stop to this killer themselves? It's in their court now. They could do it.

[ConfidentConservative]

OH my,

Comparing a cold with AIDS?

I wash my hands and face, I use alcohol swipes on grocery carts and carry something to wipe my hands. I STILL get a cold once in a while.

I have NO Worries at getting AIDS. ahhhh by not washing my hands.

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[Originalist]

Funny, but most diseases are preventable by self-control. As far as dollar impact on the economy goes, the Common Cold beats HIV/AIDS by a mile, and yet something like 90% of all cold cases could be prevented if people simply washed their hands more often. Yet whenever we have a cold thread, we don't have self righteous moralists lambasting those of us stupid ones who occasionally get colds. Maybe you should spend less time casting stones and more time thinking up solutions to one of the great moral tests of our time.

You don't get the common cold through deviant sexual behavior. So here's the solution. Don't bugger (or be buggered by) other men...

[robertpaulsen]

So you’re suggesting that we all wash our hands after having anal sex with a stranger in a truck stop washroom? Think that’ll help?

[EQAndyBuzz]

The common cold isn’t a lifestyle decision. Getting a cold isn’t being an intravenous drug user or having unprotected sex with high risk individuals.

In the case of blood transfusions your statement rings true.

[NewJerseyJoe]

The AIDS virus doesn't (as far as we know) float through the air, enter your nose, and infect you. As Rush Limbaugh has said: You have to go out and find the AIDS virus, it doesn't find you.

There are a very few (and tragic) exceptions to this, such as children born with AIDS, and people who get it through transfusions (rare these days). Other unfortunate victims are those who get it because they don't know their sex partners are promiscuous. But most AIDS still comes from BEHAVIOR: homosexual acts, promiscuous sex, and IV drug use.

Comparing AIDS with rhinovirus infections is a non-starter. Come up with another argument.