Second US baby is HIV-free after early treatment

**Prisoner Of Ice** · 03-08-2014, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Kazimiera

I work in the health care sector in South Africa, which has the highest incidence of HIV in the world (if not, it's very close). It isn't airborne. I've had HIV exposure via needle stick twice, and once with a blood splash in the eye. I got anti-retrovirals for the two needlesticks, but they didn't consider the eye splash as high risk so I had to go without ARV's. Also, working with lots of blood, if you get it on your skin and there isn't a cut, you just wash it off and keep on working.

You don't just "acquire" HIV randomly, and it doesn't require quarantining.

Obviously if it's still spreading something else needs to be done.

Also, people have gotten it through eye splash, and more through blood, and still a good percentage simply have it and don't know why especially in medical field. I know tons who've gotten it here that way. Can't believe your hospital won't give you drugs when you got it splashed in your eye.

**Prisoner Of Ice** · 03-08-2014, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by The Illyrian Warrior

Exactly this is primary reason or stumbling block why the cure still isn't available.

Nah, medsins are magical. They couldn't even treat common cold until 20 years after they spent billions on aids research.

**Prisoner Of Ice** · 03-08-2014, 08:23 PM

I think funny thing to me is they talk about how everything is "one in a million" yet like 5-10% of cases are unsolved and medical workers have a giant internal epidemic of it. Guess there must be trillions of medical workers if it's a one in a billion thing. Reality is they just want you to do your job/donate blood etc. without causing problems or more expense.

Last time I donated blood girl slipped and my blood was flying everywhere. After that, forget it.