re: #402 buzzsawmonkey

I watched two of my best friends die in the hospital from AIDS.

One fought off pneumonia three times, before the current drugs were available to treat such things, but succumbed anyway.

The other was living that “100% normal life” you were babbling about upthread. He went into the hospital for a routine treatment—his “100% normal life” didn’t forestall that necessity—caught an opportunistic infection, and withered away over the course of 3 months.

Anybody who wilfully infects himself with AIDS—then or now—is a complete and utter moron.

Did either of your friends die, say… within the last 5-10 years? I don’t know exactly when the cocktail came out but I’m fairly sure it was before 2000.

Modern medicine, that same wonderful medicine that protects our kids from harmful diseases has allowed people to live HIV positive, healthy and happy lives. So why in the world would anyone want to infect themselves? Does anyone around here even get what I’m saying?

And besides, AIDS has been declining amongst gays for probably 15 years. Straight women are the current group. Particularly straight Black women.