TRUVADA: Why are we ALL not taking this???!!!!

[Westheangelino]

again, how can hiv penetrate latex?

Pretty easily if the condom is broken, slips off, has not been stored properly, is too old, or is slipped off by an unscrupulous partner.

[fred41]

I'll ask all the haters this: if there were a vaccine that was a one time shot, but you had a .01 percent chance of becoming POZ, would you take it? If not then why not?

Not a hater...but I would get that shot.

[MrBest]

Pretty easily if the condom is broken, slips off, has not been stored properly, is too old, or is slipped off by an unscrupulous partner.

but hiv cant penetrate intact latex can it?

[Westheangelino]

but hiv cant penetrate intact latex can it?

It's been shown not to. One in a million? You'l have to ask the CDC, Trojan, Lifestyles, et al about that.

HIV penetrating latex has never been the issue with condoms and HIV. The issues have always been: people don't want to wear them, fucked up power dynamics in relationships, difficulty in properly using them or using them at all when drunk/high/in the moment or whatever. Truvada is superior in all these regards.

[MrBest]

It's been shown not to. One in a million? You'l have to ask the CDC, Trojan, Lifestyles, et al about that.

HIV penetrating latex has never been the issue with condoms and HIV. The issues have always been: people don't want to wear them, fucked up power dynamics in relationships, difficulty in properly using them or using them at all when drunk/high/in the moment or whatever. Truvada is superior in all these regards.

how is truvada going to prevent bacterial infections?

[Westheangelino]

^It isn't. It has been shown to reduce the risk of HPV and Herpes, two things that condoms only protect against if the outbreak is on the covered area, which basically means they are ineffective against those two viruses.

If you're worried about bacterial infection, you're in the wrong discussion. This discussion is about making people aware of a drug that reduces the risk of a deadly virus by 99%.

[Westheangelino]

http://www.edgeboston.com/news/News/...ks_controversy

That latest news: the AIDS Health Care Foundation is now participating in the genocide that they were created to stop. Absolutely DISGUSTING.

[dreamon]

I'm gonna go ahead and believe the doctors fighting against this disease than a company trying to make a buck.

[Westheangelino]

^

First off, the company has remained silent on the subject, including no ad campaigns, something unthinkable for something that could be so profitable. Why? Bullshit like this.

What doctors do you speak of? Michael Weinstein is NOT a doctor. What about all the hundreds of doctors that run the WHO and the FDA, which have both recommended that high risk populations start taking this drug ASAP????

[Westheangelino]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2...ada_don_t.html


Weinstein is the devil