There is still a stigma around AIDS and few people will even discuss it. This is a large part of the issue, I feel.
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As we come to understand viruses better, we will also learn of new ways to combat them. So far, our tools are very limited. We are only capable of slowing them down and prepare our immune defense system to deal with them on its own, which isn't sufficient for winning a battle against a continuous spread. There's still much to be explored and hopefully some of that will be something we can exploit and use to synthesize antimicrobials selectively targetting virus mechanics.
Sadly, viruses are fascinatingly different from one "species" to the next and also contain very little, other than just a string of RNA or DNA.
Mostly we combat bacterial infections by inhibiting essential mechanisms, but viruses aren't even metabolically active and most of them mask themselves, by budding out of our cells, taking with them a part of the cell's membrane (and its belonging proteins), to look identical to our own cells... It's an uphill battle in all ways, obviously, otherwise it would already have been won.
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The thing is, we know how to prevent the original catching of the virus... It's a virus that is quite fragile outside the body... and condoms still seem to be the best way to keep it at bay. Simple enough until you've been tested for your status... no?
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06-08-2014, 07:21 PM
(Edited 06-08-2014, 07:21 PM by James.)
Still some of us are blessed with the DD4 protein on our t-cells rather than the more common CD4 which most HIV attaches to, so we can be a carrier but not become infected
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