Over 100 ? Experts And Advocates May Have Been On Board Crashed Malaysian Plane
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The field of ? /AIDS research has suffered a savage blow as reports suggest that as many as 108 leading researchers and advocates within the field were on board the Malaysia Airlines flight that that crashed yesterday.
While the loss of any individual in such an instance is an extreme tragedy, the situation is particularly saddening given the loss of knowledge and expertise that was dedicated to tackling this dire global health problem.
The Boeing 777 airliner, which took off from Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, was on its way to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed on the Ukraine-Russia border, carrying 298 passengers. According to US and Australian governments, the cause of the crash was a surface-to-air missile. There were no survivors.
On board flight MH17 were a number of delegates headed to Melbourne for the AIDS 2014 conference which is due to start on Sunday.
Over 100 attendees were scheduled to take this flight, but official confirmation of those on board has not yet been released.
However, it is known that former International AIDS Society president and leading AIDS researcher Joep Lange was amongst those on the plane.
Lange’s partner and ArtAIDS board member, Jacqueline van Tongeren, was also on board.
“Joep had an absolute commitment to ? treatment and care in Asia and Africa,” director of Kirby Institute David A Cooper said in a University of New South Wales press-release.
Lange has been working on ? treatments since 1983 and has made ground-breaking contributions to the development of affordable ? treatments, in particular combination therapies.
According to International AIDS Society president Francoise Barré-Sinoussi, the conference is scheduled to go ahead despite the tragedy, as “we know it’s really what they would have liked us to do.”
The conference is held every two years and is designed as a platform for campaigners to highlight developments in the field, discuss challenges and share expertise.
One particular focus this year is said to be the laws in place in some African countries that criminalize homosexuality, and those in the former Soviet Union that punish intravenous drug users.
The situation has, as expected, hit home on the global AIDS community, and many members have expressed their sadness.
“These people were the best and the brightest, the ones who had dedicated their whole careers to fighting this terrible virus,” ? researcher Clive Aspin told Guardian Australia. “It’s devastating.”
Prof. Richard Boyd, director of the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories described the situation as “gut-wrenching,” and said that the loss of research leaders will have global ramifications on the field. “That knowledge is irreplaceable,” he told Guardian Australia.
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I was wondering if anyone of significance was on board that plane.
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In before the conspiracy theories....
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Eh. Atleast we have all their notes.
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The ? -o-meter has broken
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yeah...the dude that came up with the idea for the "triple cocktail" was on that plane.
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yeah...the dude that came up with the idea for the "triple cocktail" was on that plane.
KILLuminati..... pac was right -
Well, damn.
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even if this theory is true, what is their government gaining by killing these researchers?
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Putin said shoot those ? healers down
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Not the.slightest reasonable idea to ? important aid researchers wait......
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This is the perfect time for a conspiracy theorist to write a long convincing article about this that other conspiracy theorist will blindly cosign and it will take on a life of it's on. There's a new lane open right now that someone can capitalize off of.
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? _i_look_like wrote: »even if this theory is true, what is their government gaining by killing these researchers?
What do you mean by "this theory"? It's just a report on the facts bruh. -
The separatists thought they were shooting down a Ukrainian military cargo plane but done ? up.
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Will Munny wrote: »The separatists thought they were shooting down a Ukrainian military cargo plane but done ? up.
Or an AWACS.
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You'll believe anything ppl tell you. I ask questions and explore different theoriesThis is the perfect time for a conspiracy theorist to write a long convincing article about this that other conspiracy theorist will blindly cosign and it will take on a life of it's on. There's a new lane open right now that someone can capitalize off of.
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blackamerica wrote: »
You'll believe anything ppl tell you. I ask questions and explore different theoriesThis is the perfect time for a conspiracy theorist to write a long convincing article about this that other conspiracy theorist will blindly cosign and it will take on a life of it's on. There's a new lane open right now that someone can capitalize off of.
No i don't, I didn't say that I believe everything, you're thinking in extremes. I was mostly referring to the types of people who tend to only cherry pick the info that validates their preexisting beliefs while claiming to be open when they're really not. -
I do believe in conspiracies.
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Yea, but why not mention those who do the EXACT same thing when watching mainstream media? It's the same criticism. Ppl blindly believe what's fed to them by a media known for lying to them.No i don't, I didn't say that I believe everything, you're thinking in extremes. I was mostly referring to the types of people who tend to only cherry pick the info that validates their preexisting beliefs while claiming to be open when they're really not.
