Originally posted by: ballmode
Topic Title: All this talk about AIDS drugs
Topic Summary: is AIDS conquered like polo?
Originally posted by: dullard
One was a vaccine which prevented anyone from getting the disease. If you can't get it, you can't transmit it. Thus, the disease is almost eradicated.
The other is a treatment for people with the disease that lets you live with the disease longer, but you can still transmit it. Thus the disease rages on.
