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    Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV

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    Image of msAnthrope msAnthrope
    09/24/09

    In reply to Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV
    i read the AP story about this, and according to them all the test subjects were given condoms. none of these stories mention the condoms. and it's not clear to me how much of this HIV "prevention" is due to the vaccine, or just the subjects using the condoms?

    "All were given condoms, counseling and treatment for any sexually transmitted infections, and were tested every six months for HIV. Any who became infected were given free treatment with antiviral medicines.
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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    09/24/09

    In reply to Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV
    I heard a BBC interview regarding this on the way to work this morning. While 31% is a modest number (especially when looking at the amount of devastation that HIV/AIDS causes), it's much better than where we were before. It's stepping stones like these that will help in eradication of the disease. From a big-picture standpoint, this is definitely good news. After all, vaccines for polio and MMR didn't come lickety-split either.

    Push on sciency people. Push on.
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    Image of Laines Laines
    09/24/09

    In reply to Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV
    The line "a glimmer of hope in the battle to end one of the biggest public health nightmares of the past 25 years" gave me chills. A teacher in my high school died of AIDS in the fall of 1982. I don't even think it was called AIDS then. Read "And The Band Played On" by Randy Shilts (R.I.P.) for a chilling and infuriating look at how the Moral Majority (nowadays = Value Voters) have always been quite happy to let the people they disapprove of die.
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    Anna N. promoted this comment Laines was starred Laines was unstarred
    Image of Anna N. Anna N.
    09/24/09

    @Laines: This is a good reminder that AIDS has actually been around longer than 25 years, and I don't think we know exactly how long.
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    Image of AmbiguouslyGayUno AmbiguouslyGayUno
    09/24/09

    @Anna N.: I think it's generally accepted that HIV began to spread throughout the United States in the 60's. It just didn't have a name and was done unknowingly.
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    Hiroine Protagonist promoted this comment AmbiguouslyGayUno was starred AmbiguouslyGayUno was unstarred
    Image of Laines Laines
    09/24/09

    @Anna N.: I'll look for the paper but I remember reading that they tested some stored tissue from years ago and found traces, maybe the 1920's or 30's? Again, I'll have to try to find it but those dates seem right to me. / CORRECTED - from the Encyclopedia of Aids, Volume 1 (2003) 'Backtracking The Aids Virus', pg 30 - the earliest trace found in a stored blood sample traces back to 1959 in Kenya, and in the U.S. a 1969 New Orleans teenager. So that presence suggests the virus was active before 1959. The theory is that it exploded in the late 70's & 80's due to a perfect storm of international travel, sexual freedom and biased research funding. (See below - Moral Majority & Reagan)

    [books.google.com]

    And I found the previous name - GRID or 'Gay Related Immune Deficiency' The reason Reagan and his people didn't properly fund the early research was because they felt it was ONLY occurring in the wrong type of people. Gah. (link is sciency, but interesting)

    [cultronix.eserver.org]
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    Image of janeanne janeanne
    09/24/09

    In reply to Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV
    While it is hopeful, it is reporting on unpublished data, so quite possibly no-one has had a chance to independently analyse the statistics yet. A quick calculation shows the result is statistically significant at p=.005 (p=.003), but I don't know enough to know if that standard level is good enough for a vaccine trial like this. Basically, science means nothing until its published in a peer reviewed journal.
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    Image of collegelemur collegelemur
    09/24/09

    In reply to Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV
    Actually, it will probably be like the HPV vaccine controversy. Ya know, corrupting daughters, permission to be promiscuous etc.
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    Image of ytuhermanotambien ytuhermanotambien
    09/24/09

    In reply to Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV
    Would sex education change? Unfortunately, I doubt it. Doesn't anyone remember abstinence advocates arguing against the HPV vaccine because it would supposedly encourage teenagers to have sex? It's like they don't understand the concept that if all STDs were preventable, there would be no reason to fear and discourage sex.
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    Image of PerinealFavorite PerinealFavorite
    09/24/09

    @ytuhermanotambien: No, I'm sorry, you misunderstand. If all STDs were preventable we would have to fear and discourage sex even more because we would be circumventing Gawd's chosen plan of punishing us filthy mortals for rubbing our feel-good parts on each other. And therefore we'd be much more likely to go to hell. Or not need someone else to tell us how to make ourselves feel better. And that is just a horrifying prospect. Can't have people enjoying themselves without understanding the dire consequences of their filthy, filthy acts!
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    Image of FatLynn FatLynn
    09/24/09

    In reply to Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV
    Abstinence-only faction tries to get further research blocked in 3....2....1...
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    09/24/09

    In reply to Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV
    But without AIDS to joke about, what will become of Family Guy? I suppose there's always rape.
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    Image of greengrey greengrey
    09/24/09

    @morninggloria: And the holocaust.
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    Image of Maritsa Maritsa
    09/24/09

    @morninggloria: Homosexuality, and how ugly and unfuckable Meg is.
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    Image of KikiCanuck KikiCanuck
    09/24/09

    @morninggloria: Is no one going to address the shocking absence of "people with disabilities" from this list? People in wheelchairs! The deaf! The mentally challenged!

    You're welcome, Seth Macfarlane.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    09/24/09

    In reply to Vaccine Gives "Modest" Protection Against HIV
    But nothing protects like real modesty! AM I RIGHT, GIRLS?
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    Image of GirlFailer GirlFailer
    09/24/09

    @andBegorrah: Modesty and shame. Modesty and shame.
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    Image of wtfox?! wtfox?!
    09/24/09

    @GirlFailer: And the fear of God.
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    Image of theKP theKP
    09/24/09

    @andBegorrah: Modesty will cut you! Modesty is one bad motherfucker. Modesty is the name of my imaginary guard dog who stands poised at the edge of my vagina ready to attack any trespassers.
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    HarpMadness promoted this comment theKP was starred theKP was unstarred
    Image of lermanzo lermanzo
    08/07/09

    In reply to Chinese Bride Wears Record Breaking Dress • Wine Improves Sex, Study Says
    outrage over the DC std program? outrage over anything in the failing system?
    surely you jest.
    the only constituency i can see objecting to this in any real way is congress. see: needle exchange programs.
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    Image of MissyMcCLung MissyMcCLung
    08/07/09

    In reply to Chinese Bride Wears Record Breaking Dress • Wine Improves Sex, Study Says
    That mother was not arrested for breastfeeding, but for stopping in a no stopping zone. Her reasons for stopping are pretty irrelevant in this case.
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    Image of La Chica Lucy La Chica Lucy
    08/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Bride Wears Record Breaking Dress • Wine Improves Sex, Study Says
    Ms Naggs' barrister, Paul Higham, told jurors if there had been penetration it was an accident.
    "This is the case of the accidental rape
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    Edited by La Chica Lucy at 08/06/09 8:29 PM La Chica Lucy was starred La Chica Lucy was unstarred
    Image of La Chica Lucy La Chica Lucy
    08/06/09

    @La Chica Lucy: Gaah, tried to edit and now my comment is all eff'ed up!
    My original point was that I find the phrase "accidental rape" pretty damn offensive. When someone says "no" to a sexual act and you proceed anyway, well, that's rape. Unless, what? Maybe, she slipped on a banana peel?
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    Edited by La Chica Lucy at 08/06/09 8:33 PM La Chica Lucy was starred La Chica Lucy was unstarred
    Image of onestrawplz onestrawplz
    08/07/09

    @La Chica Lucy: However, I almost want to say something stupid like "he was asking for it!!!!!" because every single fucking time a woman gets raped, everyone needs to ask if she was dressed slutty or if she was drinking. So, maybe guys who hire strippers are asking for it?
    I'm just being annoying, it's not that I actually think he deserved it, but I wish people would see the idiocy behind blaming victims for their own rape.
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    Image of lermanzo lermanzo
    08/07/09

    @La Chica Lucy: that just seems so... implausible. like, were they attempting 'just the tip' or what?
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    Edited by lermanzo at 08/07/09 12:42 PM lermanzo was starred lermanzo was unstarred
    Image of Kerplunky Kerplunky
    08/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Bride Wears Record Breaking Dress • Wine Improves Sex, Study Says
    Yes, news media. Everything black people do EVER is somehow related to Barack Obama.
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    Image of Norton Norton
    08/06/09

    @Kerplunky: I never even heard of black people before Obama. I think they're made up.
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    Image of foodandshoes foodandshoes
    08/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Bride Wears Record Breaking Dress • Wine Improves Sex, Study Says
    If I were a dj at the stripperific radio station i"d play a constant loop of Cherry Pie, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Back in Black, and Cash Machine. And then turn on my webcam and watch the dollars pile up. Or not.
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    Image of sybann sybann
    08/06/09

    @foodandshoes: Don't forget "Closer" - strippers are odd.
    BTW: The station is "stunting" before a format change.
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    Image of broad broad
    08/06/09

    @sybann: HAH! I've seen a stripper dance to "Closer." It wasn't a turn-on, actually.
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    08/06/09

    In reply to Chinese Bride Wears Record Breaking Dress • Wine Improves Sex, Study Says
    I'm sad about the koala. That picture from the wildfires was so bittersweet.
    RIP Sam. Hope your paws feel better.
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