Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x And as for getting pregnant in a pool... What about a really big lake? ------ I'm talking about the wives tale (or urban legend, take your pick) where a man "releases" in a pool and a woman who is not in intimate contact gets pregnant. Now, if you're in "intimate contact", then yes, it's possible.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF >>My first son was conceived in Devil's Lake, North Dakota<< OMG, straight people having sex in a public space!!! I was conceived in Lake of the Ozarks, MO...
Originally Posted By Kayoss <<Tell that to the people I know for whom the current HIV treatments have had little to no success. Even those who respond well to the treatments eventually find that the medications lose effectiveness over time. There is also the matter of the side effects of these drugs. Sure, protease inhibitors have made HIV treatment much more manageable and successful but at the expense of other problems.>>> I would tell that to those people. Why? Because more then 70% of HIV-inflicted individuals (or their doctors) do not keep up with day-to-day medical progress. There are always side effects to drugs from a portion of people being treated by them. For every drug. For peanut butter, even. Everyone's different, and of course, everyone will react differently to something. Protease Inhibitors were a milestone back when they were introduced (again...*cough* in the early 90s..) and they've only gotten better in recent years... (now in the 4th generation of many of those drugs)... but, as you’ve stated, many people develop tolerences to this class of drugs. However.... current, and future HIV treatment surround new breakthrough drugs such as Fusion and Integrese inhibitors, which block replication of the HIV virus at the very last and very first stages of reproduction, respectivly. Fusion inhibitors, in particular, have the potential to completely stop the virus from ever effecting you... and advancements have been made to administer this class of drugs orally, instead of the current, experimental, intravenous route. I think one of the reasons people aren't brought up-to-speed on HIV treatment advancements is primarily due to public health perspectives. HIV is a virus, one that can (and does) rapidly mutate. If the general population perceives HIV to be a 'manageable illness' rather then a 'certain death sentence', they have a (rightful) fear that too many people would be careless and the virus would mutate to the point where even these new miracle drugs may have no (or less of) an effect. The problem with this line of thinking is the incredible (often deadly) stigma it puts on the afflicted. As a previous HIV councilor in my day, I can't tell you of the hundreds of kids who'd come in my office and flatly say "man, if I contracted HIV, I'd kill myself rather then wait..." just because they couldn't stand the prejudice (...rather sheer FEAR...) of what people would think of them! This was one of the things that led me to be unable to continue being a councilor.. it's just so sad to me. At the very least, even if these new treatments weren't true (which they absolutely are!!!) wouldn't you want patients to have a hopeful, optimistic outlook? A person's mindset has a lot to do with the progression of a potentially deadly illness.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<OMG, straight people having sex in a public space!!!>>> I am not so sure I would call Devil's Lake a public place. It was about as deserted as the surface of Mars in the area we were camping. It was a bit on the cold side, even in July '04. And what??!?!! You mean straight people can't have sex wherever they want? That's not fair. I would like to get KT's input on this.
