Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with Death
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Tim Barrus: Despair Is All That Is Left
Take notes. “Despair, however, is not an option in medicine.” Despair is the only option there is. What I do not understand is that health insurance is still unavailable. Money. Capitalism and health care is an uneasy relationship. Instead of kicking you out into the street, they are allowed to…
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Survival is Vile Shit
I wonder if any of you have ever noticed that it is sometimes those who find most pleasure and amusement in their fellow man, and have most hope in his goodness, who get the reputation of being his most carping critics. Maybe it is that the satirist is so full…
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Tim Barrus: NY Times: HIV and Pain
Photo by Smurf Tim Barrus: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/opinion/girls-pain-sexual-abuse.html?comments#permid=30675672 The male-dominated medical establishment has failed us all. Men reject the charge of complete and utter failure. Example: Women are almost never mentioned and never portrayed in any of the uninspired rhetoric campaigns focused on HIV treatment. The stick figures…
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What Light At The End Of What Tunnel
It is the light at the end of the HIV tunnel that is an illusion.
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World AIDS Day Is Hubris
Statistics abound. This is the landscape of medical statistics because statistics do not speak back. They’re impotent. As impotent as we are in the face of HIV. A simple strand of virus. Is not impotent. If you look at where the species came from, do you really think that HIV…