- Resistance Is Futile!
Posted on 02/25/2005 7:39:06 AM PST by Callahan
BOSTON - The New York man who sparked fears of a powerful new strain of HIV had drug-fueled, unprotected sex with more than 100 men in the months before his diagnosis, a top researcher said yesterday.
Dr. David Ho of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in Manhattan will unveil today a case study of the unidentified man, who his team believes may harbor a mutant strain of the deadly virus.
Skeptical AIDS researchers from around the world believe the case is isolated and not the beginning of a new epidemic.
In a preview of the study, Ho said the new strain is resistant to 19 of 20 drugs used to fight the HIV virus and becomes full-blown AIDS in months, not years. The development led city health officials to send out a dire warning earlier this month.
"We don't know if this is an isolated case or if there are more cases out there," Ho told the Daily News.
The victim, who's in his mid-40s, participated in wild orgies fueled by crystal meth before becoming sick, Ho said.
City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said yesterday health workers have been "working to identify [the man's] sexual partners, and urge them to be tested."
But he declined to say how many of those partners they'd been able to reach.
Despite the fears of a superbug, other experts have pointed out that rapid progression of HIV is not new, nor is resistance to multiple drugs.
Instead of being a new strain, the virus could have rapidly developed into full-blown AIDS because of something unique to the patient, said Dr. Douglas Richman of University of California at San Diego.
But even officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have acknowledged the case is alarming.
Caused by homos who have been taking the medicinal cocktails while continuing their fecal exploits.
It was only a matter of time before they created a strain resistant to medicine.
Good job, anal commandos, you just wasted billions of dollars and years of research.
But you have want you want most, the freedom to pursue another male's anus.
I seem to remember reading that "Patient Zero" for the AIDS that began spreading in the 70's was a French flight attendant who spread it everywhere he went.
And do they have an answer?
Keep up the good work. Living in South Austin I guess I'm jaded.
Terry Schiavo is crying out for help. People like this are a menace to society.
oh hey neighbor, I'm up in Dallas!
I agree Terri is crying out for help and I am praying for her every day! But God loves us all the same. And believe me I have a hard time not feeling sorry for these poeple as well. And frankly I'm not sure that I do feel sorry for them so much as I just wish these people would turn away from this lifestyle and get help.
Skeptical AIDS researchers from around the world believe the case is isolated and not the beginning of a new epidemic.
The perverts are promoting PNP (Pay and Play) sex orgies on the Internet where they gang up in groups of 30 or more all in one hotel room place their clothes in plastic trash bags, then they start snorting and smoking crystal meth and working alive like a pile of maggots sodomizing each other bareback* (*that's what the perverts call unprotected sex).
But this is an "isolated" case? Who wants to wager on that?
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That's incredibly admirable work, but this kind of recklessness - KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIV - is tantamount to serial murder.
Gacy was crying out for help, too.
Oh, this is no isolated case! I'm sure this goes on everywhere!
We all have our crosses. I don't condemn anyone for their orientation. What they do with it is another matter.
Still, it's a great act of mercy to minister to their community.
"The traditional public health approach to a disease like AIDs would -- think TB -- would have been to isolate those who have the disease to prevent its spread."
I would add leprosy to the list of diseases that have been controlled with this approach. Wouldn't that bring howls of protest?
"HIV/AIDS is probably the most avoidable disease on the planet today. It's not in the air, it's not in our water supply, it's not affected by our [good or bad] diets, or how much exercise we get each week. It's not that tough to determine how to keep this bug out of your body."
YET!! Until it mutates into something that is airborn, or in the water or.........wherever!
Just a piece up the road...but a world of difference.
How dare this top research judge this man!!! That homophobic bigot!!
As you say, homosexuals don't need our money. They need to change their ways.
There are always exceptions, but as a rule homosexuals are better off than other people. They don't have family expenses. If they live together, they tend to have two high wage earners and no dependents.
Throwing money at people to enable them to pursue the wrong course is not a good idea. And that's exactly what a lot of the AIDS funding does. It furthers the politics of AIDS, which is fundamentally destructive.
Hmm - the homosexual with this virulent strain is an "isolated" case?? Well, he wasn't very isolated in the last couple months. And no doubt his fellow "partners" have not isolated themselves either.
Apt analogy, btw.
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