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#1 homicidal_squirrel Jun 05, 2011 18:21:34	Very interesting.. . news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/201106...
#2 bone_naga Jun 05, 2011 18:43:13	Link not working, but I read that story a while back and yeah it's pretty cool. Too bad it's not easy or safe to replicate.
#3 homicidal_squirrel Jun 05, 2011 18:47:55	Fixed.. .
#4 Escef Jun 05, 2011 19:10:11	What I find amazing is that AIDS/HIV is one of the few diseases the news media has made a big deal over that is actually more deadly than influenza. According to the WHO, the flu kills between 1/4 and 1/2 a million people every year (difficult to get hard numbers, as the flu virus come in a lot of varieties). The article squirrel linked to puts the average yearly death toll for AIDS/HIV at 1 million per year.
#5 lokiare Jun 05, 2011 19:40:16	What I find amazing is that AIDS/HIV is one of the few diseases the news media has made a big deal over that is actually more deadly than influenza. According to the WHO, the flu kills between 1/4 and 1/2 a million people every year (difficult to get hard numbers, as the flu virus come in a lot of varieties). The article squirrel linked to puts the average yearly death toll for AIDS/HIV at 1 million per year. Cancer and AID/HIV are real money makers of course they are going to advertise... It takes up to 10 years to kill the people that are infected. That's a lot of money in drugs, medical procedures, and hospital stays. Cancer is the same way it hits the news fairly often too. It is also a money maker. Other diseases either kill you too fast to make a good profit or are easy to cure or simply don't make enough money to be worth it. The big six don't advertise for just anybody...
#6 bone_naga Jun 05, 2011 19:59:54	It takes up to 10 years to kill the people that are infected. That's a lot of money in drugs, medical procedures, and hospital stays. Cancer is the same way it hits the news fairly often too. It is also a money maker. Other diseases either kill you too fast to make a good profit or are easy to cure or simply don't make enough money to be worth it. The big six don't advertise for just anybody... Up to 10 years? There are people that have had it for over twenty years and are still kicking.
#7 lokiare Jun 06, 2011 23:52:35	It takes up to 10 years to kill the people that are infected. That's a lot of money in drugs, medical procedures, and hospital stays. Cancer is the same way it hits the news fairly often too. It is also a money maker. Other diseases either kill you too fast to make a good profit or are easy to cure or simply don't make enough money to be worth it. The big six don't advertise for just anybody... Up to 10 years? There are people that have had it for over twenty years and are still kicking. Yep, more money for the Big Six...
#8 bone_naga Jun 07, 2011 19:41:30	Yep, more money for the Big Six... Well yes, but I'm sure the people that are alive as a result of that aren't complaining. Plus when someone improves to the point that they no longer need medicine, well so much for that.
#9 lokiare Jun 08, 2011 12:59:59	Yep, more money for the Big Six... Well yes, but I'm sure the people that are alive as a result of that aren't complaining. Plus when someone improves to the point that they no longer need medicine, well so much for that. Except in most cases that doesn't happen. Take my disabled mother for instance they have her on 6-7 different medicines. Each time she goes to the doctor they add another one (well not every time but you get the point). She hasn't been taken off of any of them. The thing to remember is that prescription medicines don't cure anything. They simply mask symptoms. An example is Tylenol. It numbs the nerves, but whatever is causing the pain is still there. Most medicines work on this principle. In the case of cancer and AIDS/HIV its not a matter of 'curing' them, its a matter of how long you can make them last. Even if you recover from cancer your lifespan is shortened significantly. Source and source... Being healthy is not about popping pills. Its about proper nutrition and exercise. I will say that the medical establishment works great in one area: Trauma. Physical damage can be greatly healed using western medicine. Doctor's do a great job at that.