So I've been pretty bad about getting my lazy butt started. But I will deem today as my official day one of studying. I logged in two plus hours of studying! Really not a small feat, if you know how truly and incorrigibly undisciplined I am. I've thought half seriously about joining the army before just to improve my discipline. However given the current state of affairs, I figured I'm better off taking my discipline training into my own hands rather than leave it in Bush's.
Today after work, I went to a seminar on HIV. One of the guest speakers was a patient who is HIV positive. He never did mention if he has full blown AIDS yet, however he was diagnosed back in 1986, so the chances are likely. It was really a very informative and interesting session. I learned a lot about the HIV virus. I know now that HIV viruses are constantly killing off CD4 cells and infecting a whole new batch of CD4 T-cells. The cycle occurs about once a day. What makes the HIV virus so deadly to humans is that the virus is constantly replicating and mutating, thus it develops over time strong resistances to various drugs. There are about four or five different classes of HIV drugs and within each class, about five or six various specific drugs. If a virus develops a resistance to a class of drugs, then that entire class of drugs is likely to be ineffective against the virus. The best option is to form a drug cocktail, culled from different classes to impact the virus from all fronts. Treatment sometimes involve intricate military-like strategems, because make no mistake, it's a vicious war between the HIV virus and your immune system. A truly fascinating subject which I will read more about when I get this awful MCAT behind me.
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I haven't been following up on the newer season of Teen Titans. Wonder what Robin's been up to lately... And of course Robin has a bigger head than your cat. He's a boy and your cat is a cat!
Some how, Magic Johnson is still alive. He must have alllll the drugs. Oh, and there is another organism on this planet that behaves the same way. Do you know what it is? A virus. You see, human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. And we... are the cure.
Did he use those exact words? Sounds like someone did a bit of a paraphrasing.
Remember what I said last night...
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