{"id":14212,"date":"2025-12-02T14:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cac-cl.pt\/?p=14212"},"modified":"2025-12-02T14:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:07:13","slug":"opinion-article-the-short-term-memory-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cac-cl.pt\/pt\/opinion-article-the-short-term-memory-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion Article &#8220;The short-term memory virus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an opinion article of <a href=\"https:\/\/fm.ucp.pt\/person\/joana-boto-fernandes\"><strong>Joana Boto Fernandes<\/strong><\/a>, Invited Teaching Assistant and SkillsLab Assistant at <a href=\"https:\/\/fm.ucp.pt\/\"><strong>Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Cat\u00f3lica <\/strong><\/a>to CNN Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There are diseases that kill the body. And there are those that numb the memory. HIV infection, in 2025, seems to live in this limbo: undetectable to those who treat it, invisible to those who have already forgotten it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Forty years after the start of the epidemic, science has won almost every battle \u2013 but it may be losing the war for attention. Today, those living with HIV who adhere to treatment have a life expectancy similar to that of the general population. There are simple, effective, and discreet therapies; there are quarterly injectable combinations that free people from the daily ritual of the pill; a semi-annual injectable is now available. And there is the transformative certainty that \u201cundetectable means untransmissible.\u201d A huge achievement.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>But success has its downside. The perception that &#8220;HIV is now treatable&#8221; has trivialized the risk, diminished the fear, and lulled prevention into complacency. Condoms have disappeared from the scene, testing has lost priority, and even among healthcare professionals, the idea of \u200b\u200b&#8221;only testing those who seem at risk&#8221; persists. The result: new infections, late diagnoses, and a virus that, although controlled, has not disappeared.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Read the full article: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fm.ucp.pt\/pt-pt\/node\/13071?change-language=1\">https:\/\/cnnportugal.iol.pt\/sida\/vih\/joana-boto-fernandes-o-virus-da-memoria-curta\/20251201\/6925c950d34e2bd5c6d4659f<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an opinion article of Joana Boto Fernandes, Invited Teaching Assistant and SkillsLab Assistant at Cat\u00f3lica Medical School to CNN Portugal. There are diseases that kill the body. And there are those that numb the memory. 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