1) no i didn't forget that , i mentionned it in my wall of text , and this is true , but more people are infected with it by sex than that are born with it.Xanadu84 said:1) You forget that people sometimes are born. Meaning that it is not a closed system. Meaning the virus can propagate at its current rate indefinitely. Neither a natural dying out nor complete infection of the globe is realistic.
2) Africa. Can you blame them for not having rigorous screening and highly organized resistance to this public health hazard?
3) After a person is exposed and before they have sex, all we have to do is stop people from having sex. This is totally realistic. How likely do you think you are to stop everyone from having sex? Because if, as policy, you make exceptions, a percentage of those exceptions will spread the virus.
4) So basically we quarantine. That thing that always works in zombie movies. Of course, AIDS is different. It is harder to detect, and therefore less likely to be successfully quarantined.
5) A cure is unlikely? In Thailand, there has already been tests with a marginally successful HIV Vaccine. Gamers recently helped unlock a protein protease that will help stop the Virus. Remember in the Mid 90's when AIDS was a death sentence? We have come increadibly far in a short time. Africa's economy is growing surprisingly fast, a major obstacle for breaking out of the third world and into higher standard of living. A Cure is quite feasible.
2) africa is there place where people die the most ( and fastest) due to aids , so it kind of balances out. Children sadly, already have a low chance of survivng after birth, and with aids it's worst.
3) what you say here is true , but with this logic ,the virus could not be stoped, ever. Because even if there is a cure , some people will remain ignorant to the fact they have the virus and keep spreading it.
4)also true , doubt we could effectively quarentine such a large number of people , plus those that have no idea they have the virus.
5)i did hear about this, advancements are being made , but it will take another several decades or so to make a cure that works 100% of the time , and even more time to completly erraticate the virus , due to the fact that the vaccine will have to be distributed in a enourmous scale. Making vaccines is a really tough and long process. Hopefully though , this would not be the case and we find a cure inthe near future , it would be best for everyone.