At least 5 people have been cured of HIV. Is the AIDS pandemic ending?::undefined
We have tests, we have treatment, we have cultural awareness and more common preventative sex practices in at risk individuals, we have huge public health apparatus domestically and internationally to trace and track cases, we have drugs that keep HIV from turning into AIDS, we have drugs to “prep before you have sex” to prevent transmission. I think using the word AIDS and pandemic in the same sentence is a bit alarmist at this point. However I also think to say it’s “cured” is also a step too far. It is a deadly communicable disease that we have made exponential strides in managing over the last 3 decades
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.
Was AIDS ever a pandemic?
If you are not ironic, considering the number of patients and it being present on all continents, yes it is, by definition.
Is that you, Reagan?
