Sorry for replying twice. wbt (aka Bill Taylor) has been making a big deal about a "highly virulent, drug resistent" strain of the HIV virus that showed up in one or at most a few cases recently. Here's the lastest news about it: It seems that there are a lot of unknowns: There is no evidence that the virus is readily transmissible, and there is also uncertainty over whether the bug detected is really a single, highly resistant strain of HIV, or possibly many subtypes of the virus in the same patient -- each resistant to some drugs, but not to all. Also ... The crucial question is whether the aggressive case of AIDS suffered by the New York patient is the result of something new about the virus, or is specific to the patient due to his genetics or to behavior that made him vulnerable. love story projectI am a freelance writer, advice columnist, and a life and career expert most popularly known as "Advice Sister Alison" of... "I don't think we can readily discern between the two possibilities,'' Ho said. (Ho is the researcher who announced the discovery of this particular case.) As another person said, From Mbuttachusetts! 2113On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:56:29 -0500, "R Palino" We do, however, still have a large number of homoloveuals f***ing each other in the butt, bareback! This has brought us to the edge of... "It's much ado about an anecdote,'' said longtime AIDS activist Mark Harrington. To get the full details, please read the article cited above (the quotes are just some of the highlights.)
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