Article: HIV/AIDS in figures

Not a big deal there are drugs now and you can live as long as uninfected people.

The saddest part about this is 1000 people get some flu and the world is on alert yet those figures are staggering and nobody cares. Besides i think in africa the numbers are grossly under estimated.

There are roughly 1 billion people living in africa so let's say around 150-200 million live in poverty how is it possible that only around 10% of poverty stricken africans are infected? I would imagine considering there is a major lack of education that perhaps 50--70% of the adult population could be infected.

Of course much like article i have no idea but i cannot believe the figure given for africa.
 
killadoob said:
That is not the message being broadcast though.
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It is the truth though. We really do need an alternative treatment. Many stop taking the medication and quite frankly while it is irresponsible and stupid I really don't blame them.

If we had a treatment that didn't make you ill for the rest of your life people would be far more willing to take their medicine.

I also don't think patients are adequately prepared for the side-effects by those providing the drugs.
 
porchrat said:
It is the truth though. We really do need an alternative treatment. Many stop taking the medication and quite frankly while it is irresponsible and stupid I really don't blame them.

If we had a treatment that didn't make you ill for the rest of your life people would be far more willing to take their medicine.

I also don't think patients are adequately prepared for the side-effects by those providing the drugs.
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A cure for aids would be a disaster.
 
porchrat said:
It is the truth though. We really do need an alternative treatment. Many stop taking the medication and quite frankly while it is irresponsible and stupid I really don't blame them.

If we had a treatment that didn't make you ill for the rest of your life people would be far more willing to take their medicine.

I also don't think patients are adequately prepared for the side-effects by those providing the drugs.
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Well i guess they should have thought about that before they got infected sadly. Obviously not all aids patients got it via the wrong channels but i wish the message was not we have drugs that can make you live long and more you will be branded if you contract the disease and die within 5 years.

Instead of making AIDS seem normal like everyone is doing the time has come to make it seem like something horrific and something that is not accepted.

Although it is not airborne so nobody cares. Not even the people having unprotected sex. Of course government don't do their best to educate people about it either. What good is education when you are showing people how drugs can make them live a normal life.
 
killadoob said:
Well i guess they should have thought about that before they got infected sadly. Obviously not all aids patients got it via the wrong channels but i wish the message was not we have drugs that can make you live long and more you will be branded if you contract the disease and die within 5 years.
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That is the thing though. While most folks got it from screwing around some folks get it from needlestick injuries, human bites (yea... I know... wtf) etc.

When you get a needlestick you get put on a 28 day prophylactic dose of ARVs. Try that and you'll get an appreciation for how bad those things make you feel.


Instead of making AIDS seem normal like everyone is doing the time has come to make it seem like something horrific and something that is not accepted.

Although it is not airborne so nobody cares. Not even the people having unprotected sex. Of course government don't do their best to educate people about it either. What good is education when you are showing people how drugs can make them live a normal life.
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I agree with you on this. I don't like this whole "HIV is not a death sentence" slant our campaigns take. I think that is to try and get folks to come forward and get tested and to try and remove the stigma that surrounds HIV. We definitely should be trying to send a message that not getting HIV in the first place is far more beneficial than trying to manage it after the fact.
 
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