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World unprepared for a new HIV epidemic
SciDev.net ^ | 16/05/18 | Edsel Maurice Salvana

Posted on 05/23/2018 9:13:18 AM PDT by fwdude

HIV, the fastest mutating organism, now poses the threat of a second drug-resistant epidemic.

On 1 December 2011, President Obama declared that we now have the tools for an 'AIDS-free generation'.

Made just over 30 years after HIV was discovered, this declaration was a stunning turnaround in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The world had come together to fight a scourge that had killed over 30 million people and transformed it into a manageable, chronic illness. Persons infected with HIV were now referred to as “people living with HIV (PLHIV),” highlighting that HIV is not only a survivable disease but also one where normal life is possible.

While this rosy picture of HIV elimination may be achievable in theory, the reality is far more depressing. As the world gathers in Amsterdam this 23-27 July for the AIDS 2018 conference, a long shadow hangs over the celebration. In the bleak light of a rapid increase in HIV drug resistance, in the poorest parts of the world, it appears that a second drug-resistant HIV epidemic is on the horizon.

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To: NorthMountain
Don’t commit sodomy.

Problem solved.

That will definitely decrease your chances of getting it, unfortunately under jughead, they allow the sodomites to now donate blood.

21 posted on 05/23/2018 9:39:11 AM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: fwdude; All

Well, according to the CDC:

•Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men account for 70% of new HIV infections in the United States.
•New HIV infections among gay and bisexual men overall remained stable in recent years.
•More than 600,000 gay and bisexual men are living with HIV in the United States.

I do believe Stevie Wonder could see what the root cause of HIV is...


22 posted on 05/23/2018 9:40:36 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: Trillian

They didn’t get their “climate change” billions so now they’re going back to AIDS.
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BINGO! Except instead of “billions” it should be “HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS”.


23 posted on 05/23/2018 9:42:08 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: fwdude

Liberals don’t understand how socializing of healthcare costs will bite them in the end.

They were able to nearly ban smoking and become moral nannies regarding people’s food choices because of the excuse “but I have to pay for your healthcare”.

Fine. And we can hector and ban your sexual activities because WE have to pay for your STDs and HIV drugs.


24 posted on 05/23/2018 9:42:54 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2

Excellent points!

Why do lifestyle choices that the left deems to warrant public policy get to be enacted, but proven destructive lifestyle choices that are pet “rights” to them don’t?


25 posted on 05/23/2018 9:45:11 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: fwdude

Reported yesterday that the LGBQT (or whatever) population up to
4.5% in US. Could be taking a downturn.


26 posted on 05/23/2018 9:47:58 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: fwdude

Set on your ass and keep your mouth shut , And no blood transfusions .


27 posted on 05/23/2018 9:50:01 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: fwdude

Monogamy

It’s not just a rediscovered concept, it’s the law.

Find that special person, settle down, and leave the STDs to folks not smart enough to do the same.


28 posted on 05/23/2018 9:54:17 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: chris37
Don’t have sex. Problem solved

I have said this for years. HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. And it dearly likes abnormal sex.

29 posted on 05/23/2018 9:54:19 AM PDT by Parmy
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To: fwdude

Monogamy

It’s not just a rediscovered concept, it’s the law.

Find that special person, settle down, and leave the STDs to folks not smart enough to do the same.


30 posted on 05/23/2018 9:55:35 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: MichaelCorleone

If there is a new HIV epidemic, is there any chance Trump won’t be blamed? [Like Reagan was last time.]


31 posted on 05/23/2018 9:58:06 AM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: fwdude
Persons infected with HIV were now referred to as “people living with HIV (PLHIV),” highlighting that HIV is not only a survivable disease but also one where normal life is possible.

This is the peak progress imaginable to leftists: they changed the words that journalists are required by peer pressure to use in describing a disease.

32 posted on 05/23/2018 10:23:02 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: fwdude

Living a normal life?


33 posted on 05/23/2018 10:27:05 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: fwdude

Why is anyone surprised? We always get shouted down and we relent.


34 posted on 05/23/2018 10:28:58 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: I want the USA back
Yes they knew early on that it was confined to certain populations. In the first world that's homosexuals and IV drug addicts (and the IV drug addicts got it from homosexuals).

Unless you're immune compromised there is almost no risk. They didn't want the public to know just how destructive homosexual behavior is..

The American public was ripe for the picking on that one.

35 posted on 05/23/2018 10:32:26 AM PDT by Varda
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To: fwdude

Now this, is literally about $h!tholes!


36 posted on 05/23/2018 10:37:39 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Yep, “patient zero” was a promiscuous homo stewardess who was spreading in every city he had a stopover in.


37 posted on 05/23/2018 10:53:35 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Chainmail

Plants? You’re telling me I have to stay out of the pumpkin patch now too?


38 posted on 05/23/2018 10:55:28 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: hanamizu

Everyone has AIDS!
AIDS AIDS AIDS!
AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS!
Everyone has AIDS!

And so this is the end of our story
And everyone is dead from AIDS
It took from me my best friend
My only true pal
My only bright star (he died of AIDS)

Well I’m gonna march on Washington
Lead the fight and charge the brigades
There’s a hero inside of all of us
I’ll make them see everyone has AIDS

My father (AIDS!)
My sister (AIDS!)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS AIDS AIDS!)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades

Everyone has AIDS!
My grandma and my dog ‘ol blue (AIDS AIDS AIDS)
The pope has got it and so do you (AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS)
C’mon everybody we got quilting to do (AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS)
We gotta break down these baricades, everyone has
AIDS! x 20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prhi3_Nvt3U


39 posted on 05/23/2018 10:58:47 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: fwdude

After the MeToo# movement, and Millinialls being scared of their own shadow

Other than married folks, is there anyone out there still having SEX ?


40 posted on 05/23/2018 10:58:53 AM PDT by skinndogNN
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