New Untreatable Form of AIDS Virus Discovered in Los Angeles (10,000+ infected in San Francisco)

Pravda English Wire ^ | 7-2-2002 | Timothy Bancroft Hinchey

[orrick]

A new form of AIDS has been discovered in Los Angeles, one which is untreatable.

Reasearchers have warned of the appearance of new strains of HIV, which due to patients abusing treatment programmes, have developed into super viruses which do not react to tradtional retroviral treatment.

It is claimed by the National Institutes of Health and the University of California that these super viruses are spreading fast in San Franciso among both the heterosexual and homosexual communities.

The reasearchers blame the attitude of average Americans for the current situation, stating that people have stopped taking the disease seriously and have ceased to practice safe sex.

Also therapies with drugs are not being respected, with patients in many cases beginning treatment and suspending during its course, making the virus multi-resistant to future therapies.

The researchers also claim that tens of thousands of people living in San Francisco have the new virus and that it is the new, multi-resistant strain of the virus which is passed on.

Given that California was one of the first focal points in the worldwide AIDS epidimic, it would be logical to assume that the same phenomenon will appear elsewhere in the coming years.

Given that the HIV virus is the one of the fastest to mutate, this seems like more of a certainty than a possibility.

[Paul Atreides]

I had thought we were doing thorough checks from those areas in Africa where the mutations occurred.

Now, now, now...that would be profiling, you know. Can't risk hurting someone's feelings just for the safety of the majority.

[David]

There is an absolute bullet proof slam dunk remedy for AIDs that is guaranteed to be effective and eliminate the problem--that is; no sex before marriage; sex thereafter only with the wife, only with one wife; all God's plan for this relationship.

Now this is not intended as a judgment on any individual--in the modern world, it is an increasingly difficult remedy to implement. The chances of finding an existing Christian husband or wife are slim; kids will be kids and even in Christian communities, they are sexually active.

But as a judgment on our society and on modern America, we need to return to a committed social environment in which the Judeo Christian ethic dictates the minimum level of acceptable moral sexual relationships--if we don't, God will judge us for our transgressions.

[Malacoda]

Indeed.

There's a gay guy who hangs out on a bbs I frequent who goes to Cape Town, South Africa, and Amsterdam several times a year to "get freaky mad booty" (his words).

He's been HIV "poz" and proud of it since the late eighties/early ninties.

I have no doubt that he's both taken odd strains there and brought them home with him.

[FormerLib]

God created AIDS as an effective treatment of homosexualiy and other undesirable activities.

No, I don't believe God did such a thing. I think things such as this are what happens when you ignore His teachings.

[Siobhan]

No, I don't believe God did such a thing. I think things such as this are what happens when you ignore His teachings.

I agree with you 100 per cent. Well said, FormerLib. Very well said.

[orrick]

Well said, David.

This may be part of God's plan..

[robertpaulsen]

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. That's the only way to be sure.

[chiefqc]

"Oh boy you did it now, the ACLU is going to file a law suit against God".

Does'nt he know that what they, the ACLU, will do to him?

Oh wait, God knows everything so tell the ACLU what a waste of time it would be. Besides I really don't think it is on his list of important things to be concerned about since he already knows the results.

God = 1

ACLU = 0

[biffalobull]

. BEING GAY IS DEADLY TO ONE'S LIFE.I think I read on this forum today NY, is now promoting same sex marriages.

[winodog]

I should probaly read the thread before I post this but it bears repeating anyway. Fidel Castro was smart enought to do that.

[Mamzelle]

Virus becomes resistant to treatment---not only unsurprising, but inevitable.

Curious that we can't create a vaccine!!

[gilor]

"invisible buddy who lives in the sky" ...

Got asbestos drawers on?

[orrick]

How are we possibly going to find a cure for a virus that is now mutating on our shores?

[ibme]

This statement is pure crap. Your "invisible buddy who lives in the sky" doesn't punish folks for being gay.

Sounds like you're taking that one really personal.

[goldstategop]

Not in enough time to save those dying from the new AIDS. We haven't even developed a VACCINE to prevent AIDS due to the fact that as a retrovirus its one sick slippery bug that mutates every so often which makes finding the right vaccine to stop it practically next to impossible to invent. This same characteristic of AIDS is why current treatments that are designed to extend the lives of the victims are slowly losing their potency. We're talking about a pandemic that makes the Black Death look like a Sunday stroll in the park.

[orrick]

And there are still different versions of this 'super virus' to come..

[Dakmar]

We're talking about a pandemic that makes the Black Death look like a Sunday stroll in the park.

Big difference here - AIDS is almost 100% preventable.

[goldstategop]

Uh huh. If people only practiced prevention. I wonder if the gay leaders will finally get the word out for people to stop engaging in unsafe sex.