AIDS

[iggymatrixcounter]

(back on topic)

Somewhere I read that Wars, famine, and diseases keep the human pop down.

AIDS = disease (debate if you will but it kills so in my book it's a disease)

So technically yes AIDS is doing its part to keep the population of human down along with other factors. (Afterall without these 3 things how many people do you think would be alive right now???)

[MonkeyFoo]

Rather than posting an intelligent resonse to this one, and going on and on as I typically do, I'm just going to say what I don't like about the thread:

- Ramonesfan said "[i]t is not killing enough people." That's just wrong to say.

- Guido said virii. That's not a word. It bothers me. Just say viruses, it's originally a collective noun I think, and by the time we came to recognize "a" virus as a single thing, we been a-speakin' english. So, we don't need to make up a fake latin plural. I can't be sure my memory serves me right on all of that, but virii is definitely not a word. Grr.

- Don't think about it, make fun of it! Why else would I have had AIDS slogans on my signature for several months? Silly intellectuals.

[QreepyBORIS]

There are treatments for AIDS and HIV. They work for only a few weeks before the virus mutates and becomes immune to it, though. Also, I think the treatment is pretty bad for you itself.

There has been a recent breakthrough, though, which I think prevents the HIV virus from replicating by denying it access to a part of your chromosomes, or it makes it difficult to enter the cell or something. I don't remember. Maybe it's in this thread and I just got too lazy. :P

[GuidoHunter]

Originally Posted by MonkeyFoo

- Guido said virii. That's not a word. It bothers me. Just say viruses, it's originally a collective noun I think, and by the time we came to recognize "a" virus as a single thing, we been a-speakin' english. So, we don't need to make up a fake latin plural. I can't be sure my memory serves me right on all of that, but virii is definitely not a word. Grr.

Touché. Thanks for the correction (verified by both dictionary.com and by Webster).

@cmd: Yes, but we're way too sexual a species to give up sex.

@iggy: You know what else is doing its part to keep the human population down? Lightning bolts, sharks, forks, video games, trees, gravity, water (in the form of Dihydrogen Monoxide, of course), metal, botulinum toxin, food, and ANYTHING ELSE THAT KILLS PEOPLE.

@Qreepy: It was hardly a breakthrough. Although new treatments are great, it certainly wasn't the first one. By the way, the thread was in Chit Chat.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Jam930]

It's possible that there will never be a cure to aids.

We're all patient and confident, sitting back and throwing money at the research... but it's entirely possible that a thousand years from now, aids is still around... and so is the cold.

[esupin]

Originally Posted by cmb

you know if people had a bit more abstinence that could slow it down the aids problem.I would think

The problem is most people don't get tested for HIV and dont't know that they've come down with AIDS until it's too late, especially in third world countries, where this is a real problem.

I was in China last summer, and HIV is becoming a real problem there, too. I saw these huge banners at Beijing Airport that translate somewhere along the lines of "Abstinence can prevent AIDS" and "Beware(probably not the best word to use, but..) of AIDS."

[msbrunnettemickey]

Guys.
One day i will become a genetic engineer.
And.. i'll find a cure for AIDS and other STDs.

There.

[Jam930]

I'm sure that's easier said than done.