Comments on: HIV and Friends, Part 2 — Is an Undetectable Viral Load Safe?

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:15:27 +0000

I am married to an hiv positive man for 4 years and we have 4 children together. We had sex regularly and i’m still negative to this day.

By: ondamaris

ondamaris — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:11:40 +0000

and, by the way, the swiss statement does of course NOT disregard safer sex – it just says there are certain circumstances under which other possibilities exist … (eg for straight couples wishing to have childs)

By: ondamaris

ondamaris — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:09:36 +0000

well it’s just a bit more than a hypothesis…
my post on the swiss statement is in german, sorry: http://www.ondamaris.de/?p=1175

but the swiss statement in german http://www.saez.ch/pdf_d/2008/2008-05/2008-05-089.PDF and french (… pdf_f …) available.

an english-language article on the swiss statement can be found at nam http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/4E9D555B-18FB-4D56-B912-2C28AFCCD36B.asp citing some of the studies done …
greetings from berlin ;-)

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:33:51 +0000

Can HIV be transmitted if the virus cannot be detected?

That’s a question worth asking.

If it can be proven that anti-retroviral drugs can prohibit the passing of the virus, it would be conceptually possible to end this virus in one generation.

It would involve a very intrusive program of testing all persons who might even possibly be a carrier. And it would involve an enormous expense of providing anti-retroviral drugs to an enormous population of people – mostly in the third world where cost, distribution methods, and cultural barriers might make it virtually impossible.

But there would be hope for an end of this plague.

I agree that it is NOT time to dismiss or disregard safe sex guidelines. But nonetheless it would be good news. And it just might provide a workable solution that we could eventually plan towards.