by Scott77 3 Replies latest social current
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| http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/04/26/179231916/failure-of-latest-hiv-vaccine-test-a-huge-disappointment |
The green dots are HIV virus particles on a human white blood cell.
I think failure should turn out to be a learning experience and lesson to move on. Iam sure, scientist will make a breakthrouh one day. "In fact, the search will continue with a careful dissection of the data gathered by the latest study." says part of the report.
Scott77
I am sure, scientist will make a breakthrouh one day.
Me too.
In the meantime, it's amazing how far they have come with treatment. With one pill a day (not for everyone - but for many) they have brought HIV treatment to the level of treating, say, diabetes. You may have to tend to it for the rest of your life but at least you can live out a normal lifespan. Even those who must be on a more rigorous medication schedule due to drug resistance are enjoying normal lives well into old age, instead of losing the fight within 10 years.
Unfortunately, all this good news is only for people who have access to the drugs.
What surprises me is how aids is a minor issue in the world. The original hype from the wt made it sound like it was an incurable disease that was going to kill everyone who had sex w other than their mate, another sign of the end of the world. I don't remember what it was like outside the wt, ie in the standard news. Turns out, that some people are immune to it, anyways.
S
Satanus,
I want to point out that the majority of people who has contracted the HIV virus are straight people, people who are married with children, those who are single but have multiple opposite partners. This explains why in developing world, there are a significant number of orphans whose parents have died of AIDS. Rarely the news media report or mention that these orphans had lesbian or Gay parents. Nope, they were straight couples. Ironically, some of Jehovah's Witnesses have not been spared of this desease. Its easy to dismiss this in that they only got it before they join the religion or blah , blah and blah.
Meanwhile, this related post from another notable poster brings up suprising news.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/251019/1/Cure-For-HIV Iam really doubtful if Danish Scientists are better than our Scientist. Where is their track record of scientific breakthrough?
Scott77
