Man recovers from HIV infection.

PickledGecko · Nov 13, 2005

Doctors say they want to investigate the case of a British man with HIV who apparently became clear of the virus.

Two Sunday newspapers report Scotsman Andrew Stimpson, who lives in London, was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 2002 but found to be clear in October 2003.

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There have been anecdotal accounts before from Africa of people shaking off the HIV virus, but the evidence in this case, as reported in the News of the World and the Mail on Sunday, appears to be conclusive, BBC health correspondent Adam Brimelow said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4432564.stm

Hmm, maybe a cure will be developed, or at least a vaccine. I predict a new sexual revolution if it is.

Razor · Nov 13, 2005

PickledGecko said:
I predict a new sexual revolution if it is.

I hope not, considering how many other stds there are.

DeusExMachina · Nov 13, 2005

Perhaps our immune systems are becoming stronger?

Gray Fox · Nov 13, 2005

I knew for a while there were hookers in south afrika who were immume to it, but they couldn't get rid of the virus they just weren't affected by it. This is great.

kirovman · Nov 13, 2005

I remember there was some woman who carried typhoid in London and infected loads of people without becoming ill herself.

KagePrototype · Nov 13, 2005

"I dunno how much AIDS scares y'all, but I got a theory: the day they come out with a cure for AIDS, a guaranteed one-shot cure, on that day there's gonna be ****ing in the streets, man. If you can't get laid on that day, you're just lost."

kirovman · Nov 13, 2005

So, they should reach some kind of compromise.

To recieve the vaccine you must donate a kidney.

Kamikazie · Nov 13, 2005

or your left testicle, i mean who wants to donate their kidney?

Ennui · Nov 13, 2005

KagePrototype said:
"I dunno how much AIDS scares y'all, but I got a theory: the day they come out with a cure for AIDS, a guaranteed one-shot cure, on that day there's gonna be ****ing in the streets, man. If you can't get laid on that day, you're just lost."

Bill Hicks

Qonfused · Nov 13, 2005

Poof? Poof.

ríomhaire · Nov 13, 2005

That's brilliant!

Dekstar · Nov 13, 2005

****ing in the streets eh?

I think I'll stay indoors.

Ennui · Nov 13, 2005

I think I'll go outside naked.

$kelet0r · Nov 13, 2005

I think I'll go outside naked.

at least bring an umbrella cos..........

....it'll be raining men :E

Ennui · Nov 13, 2005

I think I'd have to selectively **** though.

kirovman · Nov 13, 2005

Staying indoors?

Loneliness could be in your genes

The researchers suggest that loneliness may stem from prehistoric times, where hunter-gatherers may have deliberately shut themselves away from others so they did not have to share food.

That would have meant they were better nourished and therefore better able to survive and have children.

But they added that the strategy had a downside, in that it also developed dispositions towards anxiety, hostility, negativity and social avoidance

Ennui · Nov 13, 2005

kirovman said:
Staying indoors?

Loneliness could be in your genes

ROFL, that picture is funny as hell

kirovman · Nov 13, 2005

Ennui said:
ROFL, that picture is funny as hell

"Bob never quite fit in with the other kids at school, on account of his excessive bodily hair."

Adabiviak · Nov 13, 2005

Heathens! Clearly these are the blessed people of god, not the beginning of so-called "natural selection"! Just like those chosen people who were immune to the Black Plague, these chosen people are immune to HIV!

...man, I can't do the preacher schtick as well as I like. I'm gonna hang out with Stig.

$kelet0r · Nov 13, 2005

is it just me but my greatest fear above everything else is catching something when i'm having sex or getting her pregnant
its really annoying when you're in the middle of it to start thinking 'you know i could get hiv from her, i hope this condom works, why am i such a sex god why

E)'

Dekstar · Nov 13, 2005

john3571000 said:
why am i such a sex god why E)'

Because you quoted me in your sig is why.

And the guy was probably just mis-diagnosed.

Septih · Nov 13, 2005

dekstar said:
And the guy was probably just mis-diagnosed.

The article says no.

And that guy seems to be slightly selfish, he's refused to have any other tests done on him until now and he even tried to sue the nhs.

$kelet0r · Nov 13, 2005

And the guy was probably just mis-diagnosed.

i thought that too
it's shoved down my throat everyday in statistics of the probabilities of misdiagnosis of such and such

Beerdude26 · Nov 13, 2005

So he has a genetic anomaly. Big deal.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010823083108.htm

mindless_moder · Nov 13, 2005

it could have been a false positive the first time around .

RakuraiTenjin · Nov 13, 2005

KagePrototype said:
"I dunno how much AIDS scares y'all, but I got a theory: the day they come out with a cure for AIDS, a guaranteed one-shot cure, on that day there's gonna be ****ing in the streets, man. If you can't get laid on that day, you're just lost."

Then I will laugh when they're all reeling from agonizing cases of herpes and pubic lice.

jondy · Nov 13, 2005

RakuraiTenjin said:
Then I will laugh when they're all reeling from agonizing cases of herpes and pubic lice.

be careful... crabs can jump six feet

Absinthe · Nov 13, 2005

That is one ****ing evil looking crab.

Dekstar · Nov 13, 2005

I propose a

CRAB BATTLE!

short recoil · Nov 13, 2005

I could beat HIV with my immune system.

It's unlikely for me to get an STD however unless i get raped, but then again that aint too likely either.

Beerdude26 · Nov 13, 2005

dekstar said:
I propose a

CRAB BATTLE!

You're on!

MINE:
http://www.digital-eel.com/ggb/images/crabster_big.gif

>=)

OvA · Nov 13, 2005

AIDS is an effective form of population control, and in developed countries, it mostly kills only stupid people

Beerdude26 · Nov 13, 2005

OvA said:
AIDS is an effective form of population control, and in developed countries, it mostly kills only stupid people

lol

Sulkdodds · Nov 13, 2005

It's like in that William Gibson book! Andrew Stimpson is the next Jesus! :angel:

Muffin Man · Nov 13, 2005

CRAB BATTLE, HA!
"snake, just stab it!" "It broke my knife" "what? impossible" "CRAB BATTLE !!!"

ríomhaire · Nov 13, 2005

dekstar said:
I propose a

CRAB BATTLE!

It broke my knife!

kirovman · Nov 13, 2005

short recoil said:
I could beat HIV with my immune system.

It's unlikely for me to get an STD however unless i get raped, but then again that aint too likely either.

lol that was such a funny post in so many ways

OvA · Nov 13, 2005

short recoil said:
It's unlikely for me to get an STD however unless i get raped, but then again that aint too likely either.

Think again!:naughty:

Adabiviak · Nov 13, 2005

Beerdude26 said:
So he has a genetic anomaly. Big deal.

Big deal! I think it's a huge deal. Anytime a genetic anomaly doesn't kill the person before birth and manages to make their life better is pretty cool in my book.

Beerdude26 said:
lol

That's a little rough, if not for the people who get it from blood banks, than for the children who get it by birth. For the most part, it's a socially-avoidable disease, but there are exceptions.

Adabiviak · Nov 13, 2005

short recoil said:
I could beat HIV with my immune system.

It's unlikely for me to get an STD however unless i get raped, but then again that aint too likely either.

It's an open invitation! :bounce:

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