HIV vaccine to begin testing

[Great Nepal]

Hurray, a vaccine for a disease we should have easily been able to wipe out by acting responsibly.

Totally, I mean it isn't as if it could be contaminated by blood transfusion, mother-offspring transfer at all.

[Katganistan]

Here's hoping it works, this would be an amazing breakthrough if it does! Here's hoping this leads to AIDS going the way of smallpox.

Cool. If our pace of science keeps up, we might be able to spit in God's face by 2020.

Seems like a pretty stupid goal, spitting in God's face. Unless your opinion is we shouldn't do research because "it's meant to be"?

If that were so, why the heck would we have gotten the brainpower and intellect to find these solutions? God must have had a reason for giving them to us.

[Farnhamia]

I had minions once, a long time ago. *sigh* That's the trouble with being (apparently) immortal, eventually so many things become "a long time ago."

Yahweh seems to have had no trouble in doing this. Where did you fail?

Would you want the same kind of minions as Yahweh has? Talk about a bunch of grim-faced, dust-covered, sheep-loving nomads.

[Four-sided Triangles]

Totally, I mean it isn't as if it could be contaminated by blood transfusion, mother-offspring transfer at all.

HIV positive people having children is responsible?

[Farnhamia]

Hurray, a vaccine for a disease we should have easily been able to wipe out by acting responsibly.

Totally, I mean it isn't as if it could be contaminated by blood transfusion, mother-offspring transfer at all.

How do you think it got into the blood supply or into women?

[Great Nepal]

Totally, I mean it isn't as if it could be contaminated by blood transfusion, mother-offspring transfer at all.

HIV positive people having children is responsible?

Because obviously, the moment someone gets HIV - they will automatically get a huge stamp on their forehead saying that they have HIV and there is never a problem of not being aware, is there?

[Katganistan]

That occurred to me, too. What will be the punishment for being gay if there's a vaccine to prevent HIV? Jerry Falwell is going to be spinning in his grave.

Raise him from the dead so we can ask him in person about heaven.

What if he doesn't know?

[Katganistan]

That occurred to me, too. What will be the punishment for being gay if there's a vaccine to prevent HIV? Jerry Falwell is going to be spinning in his grave.

Oh shit, I was so caught up in hoping that I didn't even think about that part. 10 to 1 says that if this passes testing, the religious right is going to protest this so hard it makes the backlash over Gardasil look like a minor pout.

Fuck the religious right. They don't have to take it, but they can rot before they prevent others from being protected.

[Nova Nacio]

Fuck the religious right. They don't have to take it, but they can rot before they prevent others from being protected.

This. I welcome a much needed end to AIDS in the US. And anyone against it will someday incur Nova Nacio's wrath!!

[Blazedtown]

Oh shit, I was so caught up in hoping that I didn't even think about that part. 10 to 1 says that if this passes testing, the religious right is going to protest this so hard it makes the backlash over Gardasil look like a minor pout.

Fuck the religious right. They don't have to take it, but they can rot before they prevent others from being protected.

Is it still trolling if a mod does it?

[Yewhohohopia]

Totally, I mean it isn't as if it could be contaminated by blood transfusion, mother-offspring transfer at all.

HIV positive people having children is responsible?

Let's assume abortions are illegal or well out of the price range of the common folk in many places with HIV, and that accidents happen. It's not really a matter of responsibility so much as bad fortune.

[Katganistan]

Fuck the religious right. They don't have to take it, but they can rot before they prevent others from being protected.

Is it still trolling if a mod does it?

Was it trolling? Report it if you feel it was.

[West Iagranay]

Um, if this is taking place in canada, why did the U.S. Food and Drugs have to approve it?

[Seibertron]

That's good news.
Weren't there African prostitutes that built up immunity to AIDs but died of the disease when they quit their jobs and stopped having sex allot?
I wondered since then if constant exposure to HIV or allot of sexual intercourse may prevent it.

[Blazedtown]

That's good news.
Weren't there African prostitutes that built up immunity to AIDs but died of the disease when they quit their jobs and stopped having sex allot?
I wondered since then if constant exposure to HIV or allot of sexual intercourse may prevent it.

what

[Nationstatelandsville]

Hurray, a vaccine for a disease we should have easily been able to wipe out by acting responsibly.

Ha-ha... funny. Let's mock human suffering, shall we?

[Yewhohohopia]

Um, if this is taking place in canada, why did the U.S. Food and Drugs have to approve it?

Maybe they're doing the tests in the US because that's a huge market with (possibly) weaker laws as refs timeframes and who you can test on etc. than the Canadian authorities?

[Nationstatelandsville]

Um, if this is taking place in canada, why did the U.S. Food and Drugs have to approve it?

Maybe they're doing the tests in the US because that's a huge market with (possibly) weaker laws as refs timeframes and who you can test on etc. than the Canadian authorities?

Or because Canadians are too trusting?

[Yewhohohopia]

That's good news.
Weren't there African prostitutes that built up immunity to AIDs but died of the disease when they quit their jobs and stopped having sex allot?
I wondered since then if constant exposure to HIV or allot of sexual intercourse may prevent it.

Doesn't sound especially likely.

[Sheepatropolis]

That's good news.
Weren't there African prostitutes that built up immunity to AIDs but died of the disease when they quit their jobs and stopped having sex allot?
I wondered since then if constant exposure to HIV or allot of sexual intercourse may prevent it.

Perhaps constant exposure to HIV causes a heightened immune response.

[Yewhohohopia]

That's good news.
Weren't there African prostitutes that built up immunity to AIDs but died of the disease when they quit their jobs and stopped having sex allot?
I wondered since then if constant exposure to HIV or allot of sexual intercourse may prevent it.

Perhaps constant exposure to HIV causes a heightened immune response.

Surely this would not be so great with the cytotoxic immune cells then going completely mental on everything?

[The Grand World Order]

Cool. If our pace of science keeps up, we might be able to spit in God's face by 2020.

Seems like a pretty stupid goal, spitting in God's face. Unless your opinion is we shouldn't do research because "it's meant to be"?

If that were so, why the heck would we have gotten the brainpower and intellect to find these solutions? God must have had a reason for giving them to us.

God's given us these capabilities so we can prove that we're worthy of returning to the Garden of Eden; by rebuilding it, we prove ourselves worthy.

That's just my spin on it, anyways.

[Hesperium]

I hope it works. I wouldn't want to be one of the people testing it, though. .

[Four-sided Triangles]

Let's assume abortions are illegal or well out of the price range of the common folk in many places with HIV, and that accidents happen. It's not really a matter of responsibility so much as bad fortune.

If you have an HIV infection, just don't ever have sex. There.

[Yewhohohopia]

Let's assume abortions are illegal or well out of the price range of the common folk in many places with HIV, and that accidents happen. It's not really a matter of responsibility so much as bad fortune.

If you have an HIV infection, just don't ever have sex. There.

As someone who's clearly an expert in that, does it bring you happiness?

Because as someone on a bit of a barren run of the moment, this does not feel so great to me. Also, what about rape etc. (also a big problem in the kind of totally shit countries which have lots of HIV).