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We've heard enough about prevention, can we get discussions about cures that actually just talk about cures? Prevention isn't a cure for those of us who already have the virus. It is exclusionary and dismissive to suggest that we might appreciate it as such.
I found Dr. Fauci's conversation on the state of HIV/AIDS research very encouraging. I think we all understand the enormous impact that PReP and undetectable viral load is having on transmission levels. He raised, however, the question of implementation - how do you get everyone tested, and how do you get them on meds. Since I tested positive for HIV at age 70, after being sick for two years with what my doctor thought was fibromyalgia, this is a huge issue for me.
Tomasaurus
I attend group meetings weekly. There we discuss and debate. But above all, we learn. We learn from each other. Some are long time survivors, while others are this months newest victims. Some are the founding fathers of this advocacy group in So.Cal. since 1986. We have learned that the problem to finding a cure lies with finding how to wake up the infected LATENT CD4 cells. If you were to rid the working CD4 cells of infection. The infected latent CD4s will eventually wake up wreaking havoc.
March 31, 2017 • Southern Califorhia