At least 5 people have been cured of HIV. Is the AIDS pandemic ending?::undefined
Ah yes we’re back to “aids is God’s wrath and you deserve it.” Nobody deserves it, not the slutty man wasting away from the disease he just assumed he’d get, not the trans prostitute who had no other means to support herself in a society that refused to see someone like her as suitable for a boring desk job, not the heroin addict who rolled the dice when needles were scarce, and more than anything not the child who’s molestation came with a death sentence if untreated.
The stories of aids are brutal even amongst those who could’ve prevented it. I would never call a god that punishes love and lust between consenting adults like that good.
More American men died in the aids epidemic than the Vietnam war. Lifestyles that can expose one to HIV extend beyond gay sex and drug addiction but also include being a first responder or medical professional.
I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. You’re 100% right.
For people who don’t get it, the point of the joke is that this statistic does not mean anything. The overall number of people getting AIDS might be increasing, just like the number of car drivers. Whether it’s choice or not is irrelevant. I thought that should have been simple enough to understand.
Was AIDS ever a pandemic?
Why is it a 0 second video instead of image?
Anyway, about the < 5:
During pregnancy, HIV can pass through the placenta and infect the fetus.
During labor and delivery, the baby may be exposed to the virus from a woman’s blood and other fluids. When a woman goes into labor, the amniotic sac breaks (her water breaks). Once this occurs, the risk of transmitting HIV to the baby increases. Most babies who get HIV become infected around the time of delivery.
Breastfeeding also can transmit the virus to the baby.
It would be nice to get some primer on the article, since I don’t have time to read this all. But this is great news! I hope that whatever method they are using scales, and also generalises to all AIDS patients, with whatever variants they are having.
Perfect case of Betteridge’s law of headlines. No, the AIDS pandemic is not ending. Almost nobody has access to this level of care and that will not change until we fix some other things (you can all see my home instance lol). But this is promising for our understanding of the virus and the human body as a whole, so it’s not sensationalism, just overly optimistic.
Yeah the unfortunate reality is that the current status of aids is that it didn’t need to be a problem even despite not having a cure or vaccine. For proof look at the American gay community. We don’t really have much of an hiv problem outside of our poorest portions. Basically every slutty middle class gay man in America is on prep or knows to take pep if exposed. Condoms are widely used. Those with HIV often are able to prevent it from progressing to aids and to keep their viral loads below transmissible levels. And we’re on the verge of an HIV vaccine. Gonorrhea is a bigger problem.
But in many countries the meds that keep this scourge under control are hard to access at best. My biggest hope here is that some health organization buys out the patent on this drug and goes full Jonas Salk with it. We needed it 40 years ago in America, but now here it’s nice to have for most. In Africa it’s desperately needed precisely because of the reasons it won’t be accessible. Hiv needs the smallpox treatment.
