Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Viral infections: Modern medicine seems virtually helpless! Message-ID: <655@psivax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 15:57:18 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.655 Posted: Thu Aug 15 15:57:18 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 22:34:22 EDT References: <191@tekig5.UUCP> <401@phri.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 29 Summary: In article <401@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > >> Go ahead, get upset about AIDS - How would you like to see an AIDS virus >> that DOES spread like the common cold? Or a rabies virus? And I don't hear >> any screaming and yelling about it. > > Where have you been lately? Actually, the media is doing the >screaming and yelling. The scientific community has been quietly doing the >research and has identified and characterized the AIDS virus within the >space of a year, thanks to the new biotechnology that emerged from basic >research. > Exactly! And using that same biotechnology I expect to see a vaccine(and *perhaps* a cure) for AIDS in another year, or two at most! > > This is such a patently untrue statment, I don't know where to >begin to argue with it. You seem to imply that the noise is proportional >to the effort. Herpes and AIDS are two of the hottest fields in medical >research. > Oh, and cancer as well! -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) {trwrb|allegra|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|aero!uscvax!akgua}!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen or {ttdica|quad1|bellcore|scgvaxd}!psivax!friesen