News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @05:44PM (#37577242)
> but my guess is that it would never spread there because there's more protection mechanisms, respiratory is like a process running unprivileged on an open port 80. Genital is port 22 and anal-genital is rdp or teamviewer with admin privileges on a server.

Dude, considering we're not even done yet with a worldwide pandemic caused by a deadly respiratory virus, I'd probably stop with the bad analogies.

Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by elzbardico on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:36PM (#37578564)
Covid is not remarkably deadly. How long will people insist it is? Don’t they teach history in the US?
Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by sundaeofshock on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @09:44AM (#37584022)
In 2022, Covid was the fourth leading cause of death in the US.

1.https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7218a3.htm

Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by TZubiri on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @01:54PM (#37587402)
Lethal respiratory diseases do exist, but they spread too fast to be as impactful. That's another factor to consider.