Comments for buggery.org http://buggery.org Better than a poke in the eye with a wet fish Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:10:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.23 Comment on On the PBAC rejection of Truvada as PrEP by WaitingforPrEP http://buggery.org/2016/08/19/on-the-pbac-rejection-of-truvada-as-prep/#comment-52441 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:10:48 +0000 http://buggery.org/?p=31133#comment-52441 I agree with focus on Gilead, globally activists should be putting much more pressure on them to lower prices in order to make PrEP available.
PBAC should also step up though – they have a leadership role here. They should fulfil a public duty to use less stigmatising and more inclusive language. Their statement should not need as much interpretation as its needed.

]]> Comment on Why marriage equality advocates should thank George Brandis by Bruce Moller http://buggery.org/2013/12/12/why-marriage-equality-advocates-should-thank-george-brandis/#comment-51924 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:39:06 +0000 http://buggery.org/?p=21111#comment-51924 Interesting, particularly when you take into Account George is Gay. Id suggest a lonely gay!

]]> Comment on There is a dead, headless kangaroo in my yard. How… by Melissa http://buggery.org/tweets/478293396197351424/#comment-50015 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:36:15 +0000 http://twitter-478293396197351424#comment-50015 I live on a farm and I had a dead headless Hare in my driveway. And a few weeks ago I had a headless kangaroo at our chicken sheds.

]]> Comment on Australia’s HIV transmission rate falls by Ross Duffin http://buggery.org/2014/07/17/australias-hiv-transmission-rate-falls/#comment-38314 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 04:36:50 +0000 http://buggery.org/?p=31120#comment-38314 The confounding factor comparing transmissions per PHIV between 1994 and now is not just possibly different average health (and thus sexual activity as you point out) – its also the greater levels of undetectable viral load now (which tends to go against yr argument although my guess would be the percentage of pHIV undetectable has probably stayed the same for the last decade). It’s why early test and increased treatment are so important in getting the pink line lower.

]]> Comment on The lab by paul http://buggery.org/thelab/#comment-21437 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 20:00:52 +0000 http://buggery.org/new/the-lab/#comment-21437 . No, still alive.

]]> Comment on The lab by chris adames http://buggery.org/thelab/#comment-21434 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:19:35 +0000 http://buggery.org/new/the-lab/#comment-21434 There have been no updates since dec. 13th. Has the worst happened?

]]> Comment on Same-sex marriage and the High Court by paulkidd http://buggery.org/2013/12/12/same-sex-marriage-and-the-high-court/#comment-17283 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:22:11 +0000 http://buggery.org/?p=21064#comment-17283 My post from earlier today on the #equalmarriage case: http://t.co/8nTDk9kK4d

]]> Comment on Same-sex marriage and the High Court by paulkidd http://buggery.org/2013/12/12/same-sex-marriage-and-the-high-court/#comment-17256 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:36:53 +0000 http://buggery.org/?p=21064#comment-17256 Same-sex marriage and the High Court http://t.co/6Pj35pNhrD

]]> Comment on HIV infections are going up – or are they? by Incidence0 http://buggery.org/2013/10/23/hiv-infections-are-going-up-or-are-they/#comment-11069 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:47:04 +0000 http://buggery.org/?p=19082#comment-11069 I am not sure I entirely follow you, however on the following points:

“My argument here is that, whenever an HIV infection occurs, one HIV-positive person is the source of that infection, and as the number of people living in the community with HIV rises, some rise in the total number of new infections is inevitable.

>>> How much is “some” rise? This depends on transmission that can be affected by prevention but also by higher level of testing and therefore entry into care, and more HIV-infected individuals with an undetectable viral load and therefore not infectious.

“The picture over the last few years shows that rise has been lower than would be predicted by the increase in the HIV-positive population alone, which I think is a strong sign that HIV prevention efforts have been working.”

That is true only if we accept a direct correlation between number of HIV infected and number of new infections. This correlation has not been observed. It may be due to prevention working or to treatment of the HIV infected population working as prevention as shown in KwaZulu Natal where a 30-40% coverage was enough to show a decrease in the number of new infections.

]]> Comment on HIV infections are going up – or are they? by James http://buggery.org/2013/10/23/hiv-infections-are-going-up-or-are-they/#comment-11065 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:54:17 +0000 http://buggery.org/?p=19082#comment-11065 They figures are going up because the prevention material is pissweak, and totally ignored. The figures are also going up because the ball hasn’t been picked up on meth. 9 out of 10 meth users don’t know it causes strokes. And 10 out of 10 wouldn’t know it causes it micro strokes with every single usage. Let’s see that on a poster in block letters. But of course it will never happen because we mustn’t offend or scare or alienate anyone. Hence marketing which achieves nothing, except in the carefully crafted figures that sit in annual reports. Ever seen anyone even glance at an HIV poster in a sauna in the last 10 years? No hard messages. No emotion. Zero impact.

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