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    <title>David Weiss</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009-03-02:/david//26</id>
    <updated>2011-09-24T16:54:52Z</updated>
    <subtitle>&quot;Wishihadacat&quot; in the POZ Forums</subtitle>
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    <title>Yes, the stigma still exists.</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2011:/david//26.32983</id>

    <published>2011-09-23T23:28:52Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-24T16:54:52Z</updated>

    <summary>I recently received a Facebook message from an old high school buddy who learned that I have HIV.</summary>
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        <name>David</name>
        
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        I recently received a Facebook message from an old high school buddy who learned that I have HIV.
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<entry>
    <title>Why aren&apos;t you angry?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2011:/david//26.32897</id>

    <published>2011-07-25T04:49:07Z</published>
    <updated>2011-07-25T05:12:44Z</updated>

    <summary>It&apos;s been more than three decades since HIV and AIDS found their ways into the modern lexicon and into our bodies. Millions of human beings everywhere on this planet have died from or are enduring this plague. The war in the Afghanistan is winding down now, and while humanity has other problems - unrest in the Middle East, food shortages and starvation, destruction of the planet - it seems to me that it&apos;s time that someone figured out how to kill off HIV once and for all.
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        <name>David</name>
        
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        It&apos;s been more than three decades since HIV and AIDS found their ways into the modern lexicon and into our bodies. Millions of human beings everywhere on this planet have died from or are enduring this plague. The war in the Afghanistan is winding down now, and while humanity has other problems - unrest in the Middle East, food shortages and starvation, destruction of the planet - it seems to me that it&apos;s time that someone figured out how to kill off HIV once and for all.

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<entry>
    <title>Addendum - From Seven till Dawn</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2011:/david//26.32882</id>

    <published>2011-07-18T04:57:55Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-24T03:56:20Z</updated>

    <summary>From Seven Till Dawn is book one of a two-part series that living more than half of my sixty years on Earth with HIV led me to write. The plague of our times does find its way into the story line but the book (at least Book One) isn&apos;t really about HIV...</summary>
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        <name>David</name>
        
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        From Seven Till Dawn is book one of a two-part series that living more than half of my sixty years on Earth with HIV led me to write. The plague of our times does find its way into the story line but the book (at least Book One) isn&apos;t really about HIV...
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    <title>Postscript - Quercetin Update</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2011:/david//26.32750</id>

    <published>2011-04-04T14:57:22Z</published>
    <updated>2011-04-04T18:10:24Z</updated>

    <summary>I had my liver biopsied again two weeks ago and the results are in: my liver actually improved and is now down to stage 2. My results are anecdotal and you should always consult with your doctor before trying an alternative medicine, but needless to say, I&apos;m a very happy camper.</summary>
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        <name>David</name>
        
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        I had my liver biopsied again two weeks ago and the results are in: my liver actually improved and is now down to stage 2. My results are anecdotal and you should always consult with your doctor before trying an alternative medicine, but needless to say, I&apos;m a very happy camper.
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<entry>
    <title>The Last Blog Entry</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2010:/david//26.3136</id>

    <published>2010-11-12T05:41:55Z</published>
    <updated>2010-11-12T15:57:36Z</updated>

    <summary>The voice instructed me that having achieved the age of 60 today I should close out this long-neglected blog. </summary>
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        <name>David</name>
        
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        The voice instructed me that having achieved the age of 60 today I should close out this long-neglected blog. 
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<entry>
    <title>Indiana Wants YOU!</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2010:/david//26.2569</id>

    <published>2010-03-03T08:58:52Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-15T16:09:48Z</updated>

    <summary>(Sound of police sirens}

Mmm mm-mmmm-mm
Mmm mm-mmmm-mm</summary>
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        <name>David</name>
        
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        (Sound of police sirens}

Mmm mm-mmmm-mm
Mmm mm-mmmm-mm
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    <title>Possible Hep C Cure?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2010:/david//26.2523</id>

    <published>2010-01-27T11:45:26Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-03T14:23:17Z</updated>

    <summary>Researchers have identified two cellular proteins that are important factors in hepatitis C virus infection, a finding that may result in the approval of new and less toxic treatments for the disease, which can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis.An...</summary>
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        <name>David</name>
        
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        Researchers have identified two cellular proteins that are important factors in hepatitis C virus infection, a finding that may result in the approval of new and less toxic treatments for the disease, which can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis.An...
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    <title>The Dawn Patrol</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/david//26.2361</id>

    <published>2009-11-22T21:46:26Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-23T04:19:24Z</updated>

    <summary>5 a.m.: The light of dawn is barely visible in the eastern sky, but the roosters have already begun to crow and our dogs, Pepper, Robin and Brownie, are eager to take me out to Tulubhan Beach for their morning...</summary>
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        5 a.m.: The light of dawn is barely visible in the eastern sky, but the roosters have already begun to crow and our dogs, Pepper, Robin and Brownie, are eager to take me out to Tulubhan Beach for their morning...
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    <title>Oy!</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/david//26.2342</id>

    <published>2009-11-05T00:39:39Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-05T01:42:33Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ Sony Pictures will make a fortune, but will anyone be around to spend it?Here's the trailer:&nbsp;&nbsp; 2012 - The Movie...]]></summary>
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        <name>David</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[ Sony Pictures will make a fortune, but will anyone be around to spend it?Here's the trailer:&nbsp;&nbsp; 2012 - The Movie...]]>
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    <title>Read This Book!</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/david//26.2315</id>

    <published>2009-10-20T23:05:28Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-20T23:15:55Z</updated>

    <summary>One of my best friends, David Colton, has written an interview with R.Crumb. Read it athttp://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-10-18-r-crumb-old-testament_N.htm.If someone will mail me a copy of the book, I will allow him to walk our dogs at 6 a.m....</summary>
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        <name>David</name>
        
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        One of my best friends, David Colton, has written an interview with R.Crumb. Read it athttp://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-10-18-r-crumb-old-testament_N.htm.If someone will mail me a copy of the book, I will allow him to walk our dogs at 6 a.m....
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    <title>Uh...</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/david//26.2299</id>

    <published>2009-10-09T23:33:33Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-09T23:58:36Z</updated>

    <summary>It&apos;s six a.m. Our dogs are barking, my girlfriend is snoring (quietly!), and a mosquito just bit my ear. Does this mean the apocalypse is near? Will the environment collapse? Will Obama and our government manage to reform health care?...</summary>
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        It&apos;s six a.m. Our dogs are barking, my girlfriend is snoring (quietly!), and a mosquito just bit my ear. Does this mean the apocalypse is near? Will the environment collapse? Will Obama and our government manage to reform health care?...
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    <title>Roman Polansky, in Brief...</title>
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    <published>2009-09-29T00:33:22Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-29T02:12:41Z</updated>

    <summary>Is Roman Polansky&apos;s arrest and extradition a tragedy? Probably - he is a talented filmmaker, but I&apos;ve never known a 13 year old girl (or boy) mature enough to deal with the emotional consequences of a sexual relationship with an...</summary>
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        Is Roman Polansky&apos;s arrest and extradition a tragedy? Probably - he is a talented filmmaker, but I&apos;ve never known a 13 year old girl (or boy) mature enough to deal with the emotional consequences of a sexual relationship with an...
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<entry>
    <title>Vaccine Progress?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/david//26.2277</id>

    <published>2009-09-24T10:45:26Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-24T10:49:06Z</updated>

    <summary> For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible....</summary>
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         For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible....
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    <title>Happy Anniversary?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/david//26.2185</id>

    <published>2009-07-23T04:27:00Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-23T05:40:30Z</updated>

    <summary>It&apos;s 4:30 a.m. here in Helsingborg. A dense mist is hovering in the early light over the Oresund channel between Sweden and Denmark. I can&apos;t sleep.In January of 1980, I woke up one morning with a strange, pasty sensation in...</summary>
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        It&apos;s 4:30 a.m. here in Helsingborg. A dense mist is hovering in the early light over the Oresund channel between Sweden and Denmark. I can&apos;t sleep.In January of 1980, I woke up one morning with a strange, pasty sensation in...
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    <title>Got HIV? You&apos;re Still Excludable!</title>
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    <published>2009-05-18T09:55:55Z</published>
    <updated>2009-05-21T08:34:05Z</updated>

    <summary>Last year, the Bush Administration&apos;s PEPFAR bill was to have eliminated the HIV travel ban. The bill was signed into law. But that wasn&apos;t the end of the ban.The final step in removing the policy of excluding those with HIV...</summary>
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        Last year, the Bush Administration&apos;s PEPFAR bill was to have eliminated the HIV travel ban. The bill was signed into law. But that wasn&apos;t the end of the ban.The final step in removing the policy of excluding those with HIV...
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