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iampunha

Yesterday in History

Apr 24, 2008 02:46

Yesterday was the 24th anniversary of the public declaration that virus causing HIV had been identified ( Read more... )

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nashiitashii April 24 2008, 14:03:18 UTC

I remember when I was really young (early 1990s) the transition period between "Everyone who gets AIDS dies because of it" and "AIDS is treatable if you start treatment early and vigorously." I still see AIDS as something you die from eventually, and wish that most of our teens out there realize that just because AIDS (or any other treatable STI)is treatable, it's not something you want to be careless about.

Friends don't let friends mix up acronyms syncopatedlife April 24 2008, 15:57:34 UTC

You meant AIDS in the first sentence. HIV is the virus they discovered. ;)