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Posts posted by Biff Tannen
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3 hours ago, bolverk said:
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.This was supposed to be a breakthrough year in the 44-year-long struggle against H.I.V.
Decades of research and investment produced new approaches to vaccines that were going into their first significant clinical trials.
The hunt for a cure was homing in on key mechanisms to block the virus, which can lurk dormant and near-untraceable in the body for years.
Most critically, a breakthrough preventive drug, lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection that offers total protection from H.I.V., was to be rapidly rolled out across eastern and southern Africa. The main target: young women. About 300,000 of them were newly infected with the virus last year — half of all new infections worldwide.
Every one of these plans has been derailed by the Trump administration’s slashing of foreign assistance.
There is more potential than ever before to end the H.I.V. epidemic, scientists and public health experts say. But now, H.I.V. programs across Africa are scrambling to procure drugs that the United States once supplied, replace lost nurses and lab technicians, and restart shuttered programs to prevent new infections.
“We imagined we would be in a different world right now,” said Dr. Leila Mansoor, a senior research scientist at the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in Durban, South Africa. She had planned to spend 2025 analyzing data from one H.I.V. prevention trial, preparing for another and tracking how lenacapavir was transforming the epidemic — alongside colleagues testing new vaccines and cure strategies.
“And instead we’re moving backwards at warp speed,” she said.
Already, there are fears that H.I.V. infection rates are rising in the hardest-hit countries, but there is no clear way to measure the damage because data collection was mostly reliant on the terminated U.S. funding. Stocks of prevention drugs once supplied by the U.S. are running out across Africa.
I’m starting to wonder if dotard and his clown show are actually sent back in time to end the human race from advancing too much and keep the population in check. To bolverk’s point, even though they are ostensibly targeting minorities, diseases don’t give a fuck. Maybe this is all part of a plan. Or a simulation.
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2 hours ago, hookem2010 said:
I loved this hike. Went with the now-wife in 2016. We woke up early from the Eagle Creek Campground and did a total of about 12 miles out-and-back. Hardly saw anybody before our turn-around spot. There were at least a half-dozen waterfalls on that 6-mile stretch.
I think there was a fire out there a year or two after we did it, so I'm curious how it looks now. It was incredibly green when we went.
Nice. Yeah this teenager burned down most of the forest in like 2017 with fireworks. It’s been recovering.
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7 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:
If only the anti-vaccine crowd would cover all of their hospitalization expenses (way too many of whom are probably uninsured), and if their bullshit would only affect (or rather infect) them, it would be great.
But no, the rest of us have to pay increased costs because they read some stupid fucking bullshit on Facebook or saw a dumbass video on TikTok.
Well, and now their messiah is somehow in charge of the vaccines, more or less. So not only do we have to pay monetarily for their dumb asses, we may end up with less access to vaccines for us and our kids.
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9 hours ago, Your Mom said:
I thought of you the other day. I was at Burney Falls State Park in Northern California. We did a short hike at the park to see the falls and ended up on the PCT for a short bit. I hadn't even realized the park was on the PCT. It would be a cool little spot to stop and cool off if you ever find yourself there. Mt Shasta area.
Thanks Mom.
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We’re going to deserve whatever hell comes from this stupidity.
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So the Simulation decided to just rerun Top Gun 2 for this round? Lazy.
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Ok, I decided I’m going to go volunteer at PCT Days in Cascade Locks (Oregon/Washington border) in August and then hike south on the PCT for a week near Mt Hood. Pretty excited for this section. Get to go through Tunnel Falls and hit Timberline Lodge (exterior hotel shots for The Shining). Should be around 70-75 miles in total.
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My CEO was going off today about how AI is advancing faster than anyone anticipated and we are going to be the leader in our industry with it. I soon realized I am absolutely going to be replaced by it, probably within a few years.
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You see, Billy Mumphrey was a simple country boy…
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6 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:
it begins with the balfour declaration 108 years ago
And ultimately Sykes-Picot
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Haven’t heard of any in Austin yet.
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1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:
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Munoz is dirty tonight.
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Why did his dumbass start doing the thank you for your attention sign off?
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3 hours ago, Ted Lange said:
Wouldn’t be the first time we’ve put up monuments to traitors.
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3 hours ago, Pancho said:
That is a bit too on the nose, Simulation.
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15 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:
Still waiting for action on SB3. My prediction is that he doesn’t sign it, allows it to pass into law, and then calls a special session to “fix it” before it takes effect
Nvm. Can’t read good.
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Just now, HornPhD said:Q: The DNI concluded in March that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon. What new intel does the US have that Iran changed its position?
HEGSETH: The president has made it very clear that he's looked at all the intelligence and come to the conclusion that the Iranian nuclear program is a threat.
Seems like a solid-decision making process
Yeah, the guy who doesn’t read looked at all the intel and made the call. Just admit it’s “whatever dotard says is what we follow”. Fucking dictator.
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Posted · Edited by Biff Tannen
The worst part of all of this is that the American public in general has no idea this is happening, because they don't pay attention. Then another worst part is that 40% of the American public doesn't believe it is happening because a) Fox News doesn't report it or b) they don't want to believe it's real.
And then there's the third part, made up of people who will deny it until the very end.
It will be very real very soon.