# AIDS has been cured!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 16, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258 "2007-03-16T20:45:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258/1 "2007-03-16T20:45:55Z")

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> **[In Gambia, AIDS cure or false hope? - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/03/15/koinange.africa/index.html)**
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> At the only hospital in the capital of this tiny West African nation, a 3-year-old AIDS patient named Suleiman receives his daily dose of medication -- a murky brown concoction of seven herbs and spices served out of a bottle that once contained...

Of course, the President of Gambia could also be a nutjob, or playing a sick joke.

We report… you mock.

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258/2 "2007-03-16T20:48:59Z")

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Based on reading the story, I’m betting on him being nuts. He was related the cure for AIDS in a dream by his ancient ancestors? Wingjob.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258/3 "2007-03-16T20:54:47Z")

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[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman]  
Based on reading the story, I’m betting on him being nuts. He was related the cure for AIDS in a dream by his ancient ancestors? Wingjob.  
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Well, hold on their. First, we need to know if his ancient ancestors were immunology researchers.

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258/4 "2007-03-16T21:51:56Z")

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I had a weird dream last night, and now I’m going to go to my garage and build a non-polluting free energy machine.

does anyone have an anal vibrator I could use?

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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258/5 "2007-03-16T22:00:14Z")

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[QUOTE=CynicalGabe]  
We report.. you mock.  
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I so want to use this quote in my latest marketing campaign.  
I may be fired, but what fun would be had by all!

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258/6 "2007-03-16T22:19:05Z")

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[QUOTE=NurseCarmen]  
does anyone have an anal vibrator I could use?  
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So, you develop a free energy machine and your first thought is to use it to power _that_?

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258/7 "2007-03-16T22:35:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Hal Briston]  
So, you develop a free energy machine and your first thought is to use it to power _that_?  
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I assume that was the power source, not the end-user application.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aids-has-been-cured/396258/8 "2007-03-17T00:15:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Miller]  
I assume that was the power source, not the end-user application.  
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_snerk_

anal vibrator…

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