HIV Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient

Re:HIV Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient by billfruit on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:53PM (#19307721)

Perhaps these most detailed account of the AIDS epidemic in the US is "And the Band Played On" by Randy Shilts. He too died of it.

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Re:HIV Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient by mortonpe on Monday March 04, 2019 @10:44PM (#19307925)

My Uncle gave me a hardback copy of The Band Played On in 93 shortly before he died of AIDS. I’ve read it every 5ish years since his death and I cry every time.

Technology is rewriting the future of this virus and I can’t help but to think what might have been different had he contracted HIV in a different time.

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Re:HIV Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient by antt on Monday March 04, 2019 @10:57PM (#19307980)

You need only look at South Africa to see what could have happened if it came 20 years earlier.

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Re:HIV Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient by rangibaby on Monday March 04, 2019 @11:10PM (#19308035)

Second recommendation for that book. It really captures the reality of AIDS at the time.

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Re:HIV Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient by brandonmenc on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @11:01AM (#19311370)

Also recommend the HBO movie version of the book.

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