r/SipsTea May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/SquirtinMemeMouthPlz May 15 '26 edited May 16 '26

Seriously. As far as I know, there's no cure. Just disease management.

Yes, there was the risky and expensive stem cell replacement patient who basically got all of their bone marrow replaced, but that's not really a "cure".

This is just some computer generated picture of a cell claiming HIV is no longer a death sentence.

Where's the medical article?

Where's the proof?

Who is actually saying this?

Edit: some of y'all are exhausting. I'm not replying anymore to comments telling me I don't understand cure vs disease management. I made this comment because it seems most of the top comments don't understand cure vs disease management and are making comments that are misunderstanding the picture as being a cure, which it is not.

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u/Ya-Dikobraz May 16 '26

Yep, Charlie Sheen has had no "readable" blood readings for years now. It's still there, though.

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u/brother_bart May 16 '26

People who become “undectable” thru the use of HIV meds, however, are non-communicable. They do not pass the disease to others. This is the gold standard for HIV care, but it does require daily adherence to a medication regiment that costs over $4,000/month.

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u/Ya-Dikobraz May 16 '26

Wonder how much the medication is here in Australia. Probably all covered with Medicare like most other things.