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Man Cures Himself of HIV?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hoaxes-and-other-pleasant-fiction dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "A 25 yr old British man could be the first person in the world to have cured himself of the deadly HIV virus. He was diagnosed HIV positive in 2002. After another test done the following year, he stunned doctors when his test results turned negative. He is now a wanted man after researchers and doctors want him to come back for further testing but he has so far refused. Experts think he could have something in his immune system that may help in producing vaccines against HIV."

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  1. Infect Him Again by ibemonty2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lets infect him again and see if he can go 2 for 2. -Monty

  2. I knew it! by scooter.higher · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Flying Spaghetti Monster proves once again that evolution does not happen by chance! This man must be a pirate, or a Pastafarian at a minimum!

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    Ramen
  3. Re:Wait by Propagandhi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you saying that if you could help scientists to cure a disease that's killing hundreds of thousands of people every year by devoting a big chunk of your time, you WOULDNT do it?

    Hey man, didn't you read the GP!? He wants a normal life. Can't you understand that watching 10-12 hours of TV a week, working some shitty job, and breeding is more important than curing a disease which will destroy millions of lives?

  4. Man Cures Self of Aids by AliasMoze · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's a witch!!!

  5. Re:Science subject by leenoble_uk · · Score: 5, Funny

    A PINT! That's nearly a whole armful.

  6. Root kit by iMaple · · Score: 5, Funny

    or maybe the virus is just using the Sony rootkit

    1. Re:Root kit by xtracto · · Score: 5, Funny

      Does it means $sys$HIV installed without asking when they inserted the media?

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      Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'
  7. Re:Wait by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Funny

    working some shitty job, and breeding is more important than curing a disease

    Given that he contracted the HIV from his "44-year-old HIV-positive partner, Juan Gomez", I'd say breeding is not that high on his list of priorities.

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    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
  8. Re:Refused? by FooBarBlatDing · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's waiting to patent his genes first.

  9. Re:How sure? by indifferent+children · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry, but your immune system was released under the GPL, and you must release any modifications.

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    Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. --Mark Twain
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