S.D. man could have aggressive HIV strain

sandiego.com ^ | February 15, 2005 | Cheryl Clark

[tbird5]

An unidentified San Diego resident may be infected with the same rare, aggressive and highly drug-resistant strain of HIV found last week in a New York City man who has rapidly become ill with AIDS, health officials said yesterday.

"(The local person's) HIV has a similar molecular makeup as the patient in New York City," said Dr. Nancy Bowen, the San Diego County public health officer who held a press conference about the finding yesterday afternoon in San Diego.

It's important to notify the public about a new and possibly supervigorous strain of HIV so people can take extra precautions, Bowen said. But "I don't think it will do anybody any good to get panicked about this," she said, emphasizing that many details are still being sorted out.

[MIgramma]

????????
Care to explain.
If forced to guess/interpret your remark, I may not reach the desired conclusion.

[TightyRighty]

A little off topic but....Mary Magdalene a prostitute?

[Mears]

Quarantine is for contageous diseases only,I think,not for something that is spread by behaviour.

I'm old and actually remember quarantines. My father died of tuberculosis in 1938. That was a contagious disease,of course,and he had to be separated from us until his death.

We were all quarantined in our homes when we got the contagious diseases in the forties---Signs on the door,the address published,and all of that.This was for scarlet fever,mumps,measles,whooping cough,and chicken pox.

I doubt if quarantine is the answer for AIDS.

[Old Professer]

Compassion precedes extinction.

[taxesareforever]

I still believe this whole situation with a so-called "new strain" is an attempt to embezzle from the taxpayer untold millions of dollars in AIDS prevention and combatant drugs for those with AIDS.

[taxesareforever]

Wrong wrong wrong. Think abstinence until marriage otherwise lie in the bed you make for yourself.

[cherry]

"so people can take extra precautions"

WHAT extra precautions?......

leaving the porch light on at night?

geesh....these people don't get it, even now......

tell the truth for once.......anal sex is extremely risky, having hundreds of sexual partners doing anal sex is even more risky, and shooting up your arm with illegal drugs with a needle that only God knows who has used, is also extremely risky....

but let's not panic....and let's push those "extra precautions" whatever they may be....

and let's also remember that diversity is our friend.....

[cherry]

would love to know more about the first "victim"...heard it was in the midewst somewhere but not sure where or when....

[dennisw]

LOL You have a way of getting to the real nitty gritty

[cherry]

there is a truism in health care that a STD ususally stays within its "group"......doctors don't know why....

so , yes, anyone could get this disease, but its highly almost impossible to get if you are monagamous and don't share needles with anyone else.......

even two monagamous homosexuals would be safe if they didn't have the disease beforehand.

[Selkie]

Just notify the homo communtity since they are the only ones who should care.>>>>

I'm not speaking for myself, I'm speaking for a huge percentage of young women out there.

How many women do you know in this day and age are virgins when they get married ?

And even where theyre married, they couldve sadly married a man who is closeted (it does still happen, too often sadly)

Everyone should be aware of this potentially aggresive new strain.

To do otherwise is foolhardy.

[Mockingbird For Short]

I'm sure he will stop all that once the evil Right-wing BushCo fascists allow gay marriage.

LOL, spode! How do they come UP with that logic, anyway?

PING, EdR & Harry.

[Mockingbird For Short]

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AIDS Cases by Exposure Category

Following is the distribution of the estimated number of diagnoses of AIDS among adults and adolescents by exposure category. A breakdown by sex is provided where appropriate.

Exposure Category	Estimated # of AIDS Cases, in 2003
	Male	Female	Total
Male-to-male sexual contact	17,969	-	17,969
Injection Drug Use	6,353	3,096	9,449
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	1,877	-	1,877
Heterosexual contact	5,133	8,127	13,260
Other*	281	276	577

Exposure Category	Estimated # of AIDS Cases, Through 2003
	Male	Female	Total
Male-to-male sexual contact	440,887	-	440,887
Injection Drug Use	175,988	70,558	246,546
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use	62,418	-	62,418
Heterosexual contact	56,403	93,586	149,989
Other*	14,191	6,535	20,726

* Includes hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal, and risk not reported or not identified.

[onyx]

Right out of Hillcrest no doubt.

[NTW64]

I am very sorry to hear that Mears, reading past mindless posts is getting to be habit here. I fear the day any child of mine ever has to get a tranfusion..

[7.62 x 51mm]

Oooops, sorry, Wrong post to the wrong thread. Multiple windows open last evening and I was posting to the wrong thread.

[7.62 x 51mm]

See my post #25.

[television is just wrong]

I had two surgieries then within 8 weeks of eachother. I was unaware of it, the doc came in after the second surgeryand said, "we gave you no blood. You will be anemic for a while."

I am forever grateful to thse doctors and nurses for that.

[Darnright]

The sad thing is, in a saner world, this man would be quarantined to protect him and the rest of the world..

But, no, he'll be turned loose to spread this more dangerous virus, because we mustn't infringe on his rights.

[Smokin' Joe]

There seems to be a meth use connection here, and needle junkies aren't exactly the best thinkers on the planet. That could spread into the speed freak community pretty fast, whether or not they are bone smugglers.