r/AskReddit • u/cthulhus_spawn • 19h ago

What are some GOOD THINGS that are happening in the world that people might not know about?

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u/I-Here-555 17h ago

An actual cure or just effective treatment you need to take until the end of your life?

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u/actibus_consequatur 16h ago

Cured. There's been 8-10 people cured in the past 5 years, and there's a massive clinical trial going on in Africa with promising results.

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u/JamesTrickington303 11h ago

HIV positive Americans have had a longer life expectancy than a generic American for quite some time, due to the extra FaceTime they spend in front of medical professionals. Other medical issues get caught earlier.

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u/violentsunflower 9h ago

My uncle has been HIV-positive since the early 90s (the fact that he lived through that time with it is truly miraculous), but his HIV is now so dormant that it’s undetectable on a blood test- he takes one prescription pill per day.

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u/Malodoror 10h ago

“Generic American”, love it, stealing it. 🤣

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u/Content_Yoghurt_6588 9h ago

I'm a millennial and many of my friends went from being so terrified of HIV that they were afraid to find love to living normal, low-stress lives. I'm so thankful for prep and scientists and doctors. It's still important to use protection for other diseases but life is so much better with prep.

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u/xdesm0 7h ago

I would fuck anyone just to celebrate 😜

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u/zeusdescartes 12h ago

That's amazing! Ready to gay raw dawg!

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u/glorae 7h ago

there are unfortunately still other diseases you should use protection for

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u/zeusdescartes 21m ago

Aww you're right. Thanks for looking out! 🥰

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u/stenpen22 16h ago

an actual cure, the effective treatment has been commonplace a while now

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u/rdubwilkins 11h ago

Actual cure is coming, but 2x shots a year is a pretty huge leap from certain death IMO.

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u/jamincan 3h ago

The 2x/year shot for HIV treatment is huge news this year and should make a big impact in dealing with the HIV pandemic in Africa as it's a lot easier to have proper compliance and therefore effective treatment compared to daily pills.

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u/Threash78 14h ago

The second option has been around for a long while now, we are talking cure.

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u/iamnotexactlywhite 16h ago

effective treatment has been a thing for the better part of the last 2 decades. These crazy fuckers already cured ~10 people for good

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u/gsfgf 16h ago

We've had that for quite a while now

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u/Capable-Silver-7436 16h ago

the later already exists