r/MadeMeSmile Jan 01 '25

Good News Science works

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u/Mooniekate Jan 01 '25

As someone who was born in the 80's, I watched HIV go from a death sentence, to an undetectable disease in my lifetime. Astonishing.

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u/Ok_State5255 Jan 01 '25

As a fellow 80s kid, I always thought it would be a huge scientific breakthrough with a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan to celebrate it.

Instead it was just science. Slowly progressing, boring testing, improving on it a little at a time. And that improvement will continue.