lacigreen's video: THE BIG ONE: HIV AIDS

act up! against misinformation, stigma, and silence. let's be facebook friends! http://www.facebook.com/officiallacigreen twitter - http://www.twitter.com/gogreen18 Tumblr for gifs & pics! (SFW) - http://lacigreen.tumblr.com OTHER STI VIDEOS Herpes and STI stigma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y18AwEnYdP0 Genital Warts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30hdiekok7A FURTHER READING Viruses http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/virus.html Understanding CD4 count https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/just-diagnosed-with-hiv-aids/understand-your-test-results/cd4-count/ The stages of HIV https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/just-diagnosed-with-hiv-aids/hiv-in-your-body/stages-of-hiv/ Where did HIV come from? https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/hiv-aids-101/what-is-hiv-aids/ Origins of HIV located http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2014-10-03-hiv-pandemics-origins-located http://www.avert.org/professionals/history-hiv-aids/origin Colonialism & the HIV epidemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/colonialism-in-africa-helped-launch-the-hiv-epidemic-a-century-ago/2012/02/21/gIQAyJ9aeR_story.html?utm_term=.fc83d0833016 HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/sub-saharan-africa/overview The early years of AIDS https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su6004a11.htm Reagan & govt non-response http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/opinion/too-big-a-man-for-the-small-screen.html http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Reagan-s-AIDS-Legacy-Silence-equals-death-2751030.php How "The Berlin Patient" defeated HIV http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/09/how-did-berlin-patient-rid-himself-hiv Delta 32 http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0030339 PREP! http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/prep.html SUMMARY In this episode of Sex Plus, Laci Green offers a quick primer on HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Section 1: How HIV works Section 2: Where HIV came from Section 3: The AIDS epidemic in America Section 4: Prevention! Cure!