lolahotass Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 This article courtesy of msn.com / AP ATLANTA - For the first time since the height of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, more than a million Americans are believed to be living with the virus that causes AIDS, the government said Monday.The latest estimate is both good and bad news — reflecting the success of drugs that keep more people alive and the failure of the government to “break the back†of the AIDS epidemic by its stated goal of 2005.Critics say the new estimate reflects a failure of prevention, and it comes in the year that the government had set as its deadline to “break the back†of the AIDS epidemic.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that between 1,039,000 and 1,185,000 people in the United States were living with HIV in December 2003. The previous estimate — released in 2002 — showed that between 850,000 and 950,000 people had the AIDS virus.The jump reflects the role of medicines that have allowed people infected with the virus to live longer, said Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, deputy director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention.“While treatment advances have been an obvious godsend to those living with the disease, it presents new challenges for prevention,†Valdiserri said. 60,000 new cases a year?The challenges include overcoming a failure by the government to meet its 2005 goal of cutting in half the estimated 40,000 new HIV infections that have occurred every year since the 1990s. Then, Dr. Robert Janssen of the CDC pledged the government campaign would “break the back†of the epidemic.CDC officials previously have said the country’s HIV infection rate has been “relatively stable†and without change. As the National HIV Prevention Conference was set to begin this week, Valdiserri said no new infection data will be available until next year.However, recent outbreaks of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in major cities around the country offer a hint that new infections may be as high as 60,000 cases a year, rather than the government estimate of 40,000, said Dr. Carlos del Rio, an Emory University professor of medicine.“The U.S. has had a clear failure in HIV prevention — I think the increase in prevalence is a reflection of that, of the poor job we do in HIV prevention,†del Rio said.He added that the higher number is not as surprising as why the country has not been able to curb new infections. He said the CDC hasn’t been given adequate resources to tackle HIV prevention and that experts have focused too much on whether it’s better to promote abstinence or condom use to stop the spread of the virus.“We’re debating too much what to do and are not doing enough,†he said.At the same time, reaching the 1 million mark is “a sign of both victory and failure,†said Terje Anderson, executive director of the National Association of People Living With AIDS.“Part of the reason the number is so big is we’re not dying as before,†he said. “But the other problem is we have not made a significant dent in new infections.â€Estimating the number of Americans with HIV has always been a difficult task for health officials. In the 1990s, the CDC and other agencies generally agreed that between 600,000 and 900,000 people had the virus, according to the University of California-San Francisco’s Center for HIV Information.Previous estimates — as high as 1.5 million people — from the 1980s were later determined to be too high. For example, the CDC estimated in 1986 that between 1 million and 1.5 million people had HIV. In 1987, that was revised to 945,000 to 1.4 million and was refined in 1990 to 800,000 to 1.2 million.Since the CDC’s previous HIV estimates didn’t include demographic information — age, gender, race, sexual orientation — for all 50 states, it’s impossible to determine what groups of people account for the increase in the latest estimate of people living with HIV.However, the CDC estimates that blacks account for 47 percent of HIV cases; gay and bisexual men make up 45 percent of those living with the virus that causes AIDS, the health agency believes.The CDC also warned those demographics may soon change because heterosexual blacks, women and others infected after having high-risk sex (such as with someone with HIV, an injection-drug user or a man who has sex with other men) now account for a larger proportion of those living with HIV than those who are living with full-blown AIDS. elevatedflow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 lola...u know not to post this long ass shit girl... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 Main reason I posted this is to make sure you keep this in mind if you partake in sexual activity!!! I happen to know a few people who carry the virus and all though today's modern medicine is AMAZING - having the virus still sucks!Just lookin' out for my peeps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 lola...u know not to post this long ass shit girl...OOPS! Sorry you guys.. i got carried away!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookie23 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 What's "sex"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 What's "sex"?I know that feeling... unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookie23 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 I know that feeling... unfortunately lies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimk29 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Only sailors wear condoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Main reason I posted this is to make sure you keep this in mind if you partake in sexual activity!!! I happen to know a few people who carry the virus and all though today's modern medicine is AMAZING - having the virus still sucks!Just lookin' out for my peeps are u saying i will have to wear one with u??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepspell Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 are u saying i will have to wear one with u???doubt it dude.....Lolahotass is on the "whos the biggest whore" poll.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 doubt it dude.....Lolahotass is on the "whos the biggest whore" poll.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 are u saying i will have to wear one with u???absolutely.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie6 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 someone please summarize the article for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 someone please summarize the article for me it pretty much just says wash your face after someone gives you a dirty sanchez elevatedflow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie6 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 it pretty much just says wash your face after someone gives you a dirty sanchezhahahahahahahahmmm, "practice what you preach" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevatedflow Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Only sailors wear condoms.Not, have the fun of being at sea is catching something to bring home .. that is why people go sailing to catch things to bring home for the whole family to enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimk29 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Not, have the fun of being at sea is catching something to bring home .. that is why people go sailing to catch things to bring home for the whole family to enjoy!I believe the word you're searching for is half... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 absolutely.. ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevatedflow Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 I believe the word you're searching for is half...Damnit .. you are right that was the word i was searching for .. thank you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otinane Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 Hey, what's up?My friend WAS H.I.V +He was cured by a guy called Dr. Sebi.The cures are out there, understand when they say it's political.Peace and Respect,OtInAnE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 Hey, what's up?My friend WAS H.I.V +He was cured by a guy called Dr. Sebi.The cures are out there, understand when they say it's political.Peace and Respect,OtInAnELMAO YOURE AN IDIOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otinane Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 LMAO YOURE AN IDIOT.lol what makes you say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sancib Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 it's unfortunate, i really hope that you guys are joking with your comments that sound so lax, Even if there is a cure,let me tell ya they sure as hell aint gonna give it out to anyone. Folks we are burning our bridges faster than we can build them. There is a serious rise in HIV and AIDS because people think, "Ahh fugde it, there's medicine to make me feel better" That also goes for Tuberculosis, it's coming back with a vengence because people didnt take their meds the way its prescribed, now we have resistant strains. we have diseases that are resistant to our last line "super" antibiotics. And its exactly this kind of mentality that is keeping us on the road to sht. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 go to hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimk29 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 go to hell.Don't forget your condoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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