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MuseRider

(34,095 posts)
6. Thank you for this
Sun May 9, 2021, 08:46 PM
May 2021

and thank you for your participation. My brother died of HIV in 2002. I am so happy this has become something that can be handled. There was nothing for him at the point he was with the disease and it was horrible. We tried everything that we could and I sat by him and watched him wither away. I am happy about all medical advances but the advance to the care of HIV was way too long in coming, the neglect by our government was killing people and they did not care. My brother died slowly and we were both in pain because of it and there are thousands of people just like me and my brother.

Thank you for your work to help and I am so grateful that the trauma of HIV is better than it was. I kind of kept myself away from learning about it after all that.

Vaccines are good almost all the time. Science is good. To think that HIV is no longer the horror that it was gives me great peace, I just wish our government had not waited so long to get this far. I wish we could get everyone to take the Coronavirus vaccines.

If you know Dr. D please give him a grateful thanks from someone out here who has suffered the loss and helped others who suffered the loss of HIV. It gives me great peace to know that it is being handled now.

I am betting mRNA technology will produce the first HIV vaccine. roamer65 May 2021 #1
I think they will cure most if not all cancers. joshcryer May 2021 #17
mRNA is showing incredible potential... Imallin4Joe May 2021 #29
Didn't Dr Fauci have a role in this? panader0 May 2021 #2
yup fascinating interview with Terri Gross about the difference between the protests mucifer May 2021 #12
mucifer- thanks for adding.. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #38
Thanks for the shout-out to Dr Fauci.. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #34
I am dense - who is Dr. D? rurallib May 2021 #3
I believe the OP's Doctor that did the trails but they do not want to disclose name WA-03 Democrat May 2021 #7
rurallib-fair question.. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #9
thank you rurallib May 2021 #10
Congrats on your continued good health! MLAA May 2021 #4
Thank you for the kind words! Imallin4Joe May 2021 #28
Thank you ... This needs to be said! FakeNoose May 2021 #5
Thank you!! Very nice encouraging words! Imallin4Joe May 2021 #11
Thank you for this MuseRider May 2021 #6
MuseRider- Thank you for sharing.. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #13
That's great news. Best of health to you! LakeArenal May 2021 #8
A hearty Thanks!! And best of health to you as well! Imallin4Joe May 2021 #16
I was tested positive in '96 Retired Engineer Bob May 2021 #14
Bob.. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #20
How wonderful, so glad you're well and here. appalachiablue May 2021 #33
Hepatitis too. dawg day May 2021 #15
When we learned... Imallin4Joe May 2021 #22
Serious, see if you can get him nominated for at least a Presidential Medal of Freedom. patphil May 2021 #18
The discoveries made by his research and development... Imallin4Joe May 2021 #27
Courage to take treatments one step further SmartVoter22 May 2021 #19
You bring up a very important point.. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #30
That's great! CRISPRCas9 has already edited out the gene for sickle cell, as well. ancianita May 2021 #21
CRISPRCas9 is another example of modern med tech.. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #31
Yes! And ancianita May 2021 #35
I remember when HIV/AIDS was the scourge of mankind. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #23
Every word of your reply is so very true! Imallin4Joe May 2021 #32
I lost so many friends to AIDS as a late teen/young adult ismnotwasm May 2021 #24
Your experiences resonate with me 100%.. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #36
Thank you, those were some hard times ismnotwasm May 2021 #37
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda May 2021 #25
My brother tested positive in 1985 MyMission May 2021 #26
Thank you for your personal experience. Watching a close family member go through this.. Imallin4Joe May 2021 #40
My husband has been HIV+ since the early 90s. beaglelover May 2021 #39
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