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Anonymous wrote:There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.

This stat says 700,000 since 1981. I had no idea the number, I definitely imagined it to be more. The infection rates today are still staggering.

https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/

YOU ARE WRONG. LOOK IT UP. GOOGLE IT.

https://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/

Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.

35 MILLION = MILLIONS

Damn the piss poor reading comprehension on this site is ridiculous. The first post says there were not millions of deaths in the US. They are correct. As is the link posted confirming that statement. To repeat - there were not millions of deaths in the US.

YOU ARE WRONG. LEARN HOW TO READ BEFORE MAKING ASININE POSTS. NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT WORLDWIDE STATS.

The initial post mentioned nothing about the USA.

The initial post said millions died.

Millions did in fact indeed die.

Are you really unable to read? The post absolutely mentions the US. Here it is again since you don’t want to scroll up and read.

“There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.”

Now why again do you think the above doesn’t mention the US?

The initial post does not mention the USA.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

Nowhere in the original topic is the USA mentioned.

Again you are responding to a post about the US. Are you truly incapable of reading? You are mixing two posts up. You are responding to a post about the US and only the US.

If you want to comment on the original post - why didn’t you respond to that post? Instead you didn’t read when PP addressed numbers in the US and started screaming that people were wrong.

The poster took it upon themselves to mention USA deaths because the original topic did not specifically mention USA deaths only. The original topic said millions died. Death has no boundaries. Death is equal opportunity for everyone regardless of your country of origin.

Premature death from disease is sure as hell not equal opportunity.

This is a really informative podcast about a preventative HIV drug that costs $20K annually. I listened to this a while ago, but as I recall the pharmaceutical company, Gilead, donated the drugs during clinical trials and then hiked up the price while still under patent protection. The protection is ending and they have developed a replacement drug that might go the same route (free during clinical trials).

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/podcasts/the-daily/hiv-aids-truvada-prep.html

Anonymous wrote:I always find it interesting that a cure for HIV was found so quickly. It started as a men's health issue. Yet, women are being forced to travel of hundreds of miles for legal abortions and absolutely horrible treatments for breast cancers and pediatric cancers. It's a man's world.

Cancer is not communicable. I mean I agree that men's diseases are treated quickly, but equating AIDS to cancer is really ignorant.

AIDS was TERRIFYING. My mom is a doctor and says that they would need to put on hazmat suits to go into HIV/AIDS patient rooms because they knew so little about it. New communicable fatal diseases will generally get a LOT of attention. And it took a decade to get anyone to pay attention to it. The POTUS wouldn't even say the word AIDS. The LGBT movement was IMO massively bolstered by the AIDS crisis because

1) They were really effing motivated when gay guys started dying in droves
2) It might have taken awhile but it engendered serious sympathy from the general public that I think translated into acceptance in general.

The two things are really not comparable.

I always find it interesting that a cure for HIV was found so quickly. It started as a men's health issue. Yet, women are being forced to travel of hundreds of miles for legal abortions and absolutely horrible treatments for breast cancers and pediatric cancers. It's a man's world.

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Anonymous wrote:There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.

This stat says 700,000 since 1981. I had no idea the number, I definitely imagined it to be more. The infection rates today are still staggering.

https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/

YOU ARE WRONG. LOOK IT UP. GOOGLE IT.

https://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/

Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.

35 MILLION = MILLIONS

Damn the piss poor reading comprehension on this site is ridiculous. The first post says there were not millions of deaths in the US. They are correct. As is the link posted confirming that statement. To repeat - there were not millions of deaths in the US.

YOU ARE WRONG. LEARN HOW TO READ BEFORE MAKING ASININE POSTS. NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT WORLDWIDE STATS.

The initial post mentioned nothing about the USA.

The initial post said millions died.

Millions did in fact indeed die.

Are you really unable to read? The post absolutely mentions the US. Here it is again since you don’t want to scroll up and read.

“There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.”

Now why again do you think the above doesn’t mention the US?

The initial post does not mention the USA.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

Nowhere in the original topic is the USA mentioned.

Again you are responding to a post about the US. Are you truly incapable of reading? You are mixing two posts up. You are responding to a post about the US and only the US.

If you want to comment on the original post - why didn’t you respond to that post? Instead you didn’t read when PP addressed numbers in the US and started screaming that people were wrong.

The poster took it upon themselves to mention USA deaths because the original topic did not specifically mention USA deaths only. The original topic said millions died. Death has no boundaries. Death is equal opportunity for everyone regardless of your country of origin.

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Anonymous wrote:There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.

This stat says 700,000 since 1981. I had no idea the number, I definitely imagined it to be more. The infection rates today are still staggering.

https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/

YOU ARE WRONG. LOOK IT UP. GOOGLE IT.

https://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/

Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.

35 MILLION = MILLIONS

Damn the piss poor reading comprehension on this site is ridiculous. The first post says there were not millions of deaths in the US. They are correct. As is the link posted confirming that statement. To repeat - there were not millions of deaths in the US.

YOU ARE WRONG. LEARN HOW TO READ BEFORE MAKING ASININE POSTS. NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT WORLDWIDE STATS.

The initial post mentioned nothing about the USA.

The initial post said millions died.

Millions did in fact indeed die.

Are you really unable to read? The post absolutely mentions the US. Here it is again since you don’t want to scroll up and read.

“There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.”

Now why again do you think the above doesn’t mention the US?

The initial post does not mention the USA.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

Nowhere in the original topic is the USA mentioned.

Again you are responding to a post about the US. Are you truly incapable of reading? You are mixing two posts up. You are responding to a post about the US and only the US.

If you want to comment on the original post - why didn’t you respond to that post? Instead you didn’t read when PP addressed numbers in the US and started screaming that people were wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.

This stat says 700,000 since 1981. I had no idea the number, I definitely imagined it to be more. The infection rates today are still staggering.

https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/

YOU ARE WRONG. LOOK IT UP. GOOGLE IT.

https://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/

Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.

35 MILLION = MILLIONS

Damn the piss poor reading comprehension on this site is ridiculous. The first post says there were not millions of deaths in the US. They are correct. As is the link posted confirming that statement. To repeat - there were not millions of deaths in the US.

YOU ARE WRONG. LEARN HOW TO READ BEFORE MAKING ASININE POSTS. NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT WORLDWIDE STATS.

The initial post mentioned nothing about the USA.

The initial post said millions died.

Millions did in fact indeed die.

Are you really unable to read? The post absolutely mentions the US. Here it is again since you don’t want to scroll up and read.

“There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.”

Now why again do you think the above doesn’t mention the US?

The initial post does not mention the USA.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

How come Magic Johnson is still alive? MILLIONS died of HIV/AIDS during the 80s & 90s.

Nowhere in the original topic is the USA mentioned.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.

This stat says 700,000 since 1981. I had no idea the number, I definitely imagined it to be more. The infection rates today are still staggering.

https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/

YOU ARE WRONG. LOOK IT UP. GOOGLE IT.

https://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/

Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.

35 MILLION = MILLIONS

Damn the piss poor reading comprehension on this site is ridiculous. The first post says there were not millions of deaths in the US. They are correct. As is the link posted confirming that statement. To repeat - there were not millions of deaths in the US.

YOU ARE WRONG. LEARN HOW TO READ BEFORE MAKING ASININE POSTS. NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT WORLDWIDE STATS.

The initial post mentioned nothing about the USA.

The initial post said millions died.

Millions did in fact indeed die.

Are you really unable to read? The post absolutely mentions the US. Here it is again since you don’t want to scroll up and read.

“There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.”

Now why again do you think the above doesn’t mention the US?

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.

This stat says 700,000 since 1981. I had no idea the number, I definitely imagined it to be more. The infection rates today are still staggering.

https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/

YOU ARE WRONG. LOOK IT UP. GOOGLE IT.

https://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/

Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.

35 MILLION = MILLIONS

Damn the piss poor reading comprehension on this site is ridiculous. The first post says there were not millions of deaths in the US. They are correct. As is the link posted confirming that statement. To repeat - there were not millions of deaths in the US.

YOU ARE WRONG. LEARN HOW TO READ BEFORE MAKING ASININE POSTS. NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT WORLDWIDE STATS.

The initial post mentioned nothing about the USA.

The initial post said millions died.

Millions did in fact indeed die.

Anonymous wrote:Those are global numbers. If you’re using that as a baseline, you may as well ask how Magic Johnson survived malaria.

We are all members of the human race and global community

Anonymous wrote:My uncle got HIV back in the 80s when it was a death sentence and he is still alive.

The drugs are really hard on the body though. He's addicted to painkillers to numb the pain.

A friend of mine got HIV in the 80s and has been on the drug protocol since then and is doing great but also has had some really bad side effects from the drugs. He had a double hip replacement in his 30s due to one medication that degenerated his hip bones.

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Anonymous wrote:There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.

This stat says 700,000 since 1981. I had no idea the number, I definitely imagined it to be more. The infection rates today are still staggering.

https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/

YOU ARE WRONG. LOOK IT UP. GOOGLE IT.

https://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/

Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.

35 MILLION = MILLIONS

Damn the piss poor reading comprehension on this site is ridiculous. The first post says there were not millions of deaths in the US. They are correct. As is the link posted confirming that statement. To repeat - there were not millions of deaths in the US.

YOU ARE WRONG. LEARN HOW TO READ BEFORE MAKING ASININE POSTS. NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT WORLDWIDE STATS.

Those are global numbers. If you’re using that as a baseline, you may as well ask how Magic Johnson survived malaria.

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Anonymous wrote:There weren't millions of deaths in the USA. There were I think at the peak of the epidemic about 40,000 deaths a year in the USA. Many people who were infected survived the 80s and 90s as well.

This stat says 700,000 since 1981. I had no idea the number, I definitely imagined it to be more. The infection rates today are still staggering.

https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/

YOU ARE WRONG. LOOK IT UP. GOOGLE IT.

https://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/

Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.

35 MILLION = MILLIONS

Anonymous wrote:It wouldn't surprise me if there was a deliberate choice by public health advocates not to tout any idea of a cure for fear that it would decrease safe sex behavior. People started using condoms religiously in the 80s and 90s because they were terrified of getting a fatal disease.

I’m one of those public health advocates and no, we don’t do that. We actually want people to know HIV isn’t a death sentence because we want people to get treated. When people get on treatment their viral load falls so low they can no longer transmit HIV, and that is a much, much more effective public health intervention than condoms. When people are terrified of something (as they are of HIV) they feel powerless and often don’t even take the common sense steps like condoms they can take. So now, upping fear unnecessarily is not something we do.