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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Technically, yeah.

But if we want a full perspective, we should include the people who are told in places including South Africa that having sex with virgins or babies can prevent or cure AIDS. Also consider the "out of sight, out of mind" approach to STDs and other diseases that is rampant in national and international communities where a lack of education/information interwines with a lack of resources?

I think of that Always commercial about the little girls in African communities who can't go to school because of their menstrual cycles. Imagine what's going on in similar areas when it comes to safe sex and STDs?

YES!!!! DSTCHAOS, you are right on.

Daemon, I'm not against anything you've said, it's just that AIDS isn't really effecting the things we need to survive. Who's to say that what's going on in Africa won't happen over here but on a much larger degree? I'm not sure if you know this, but cities typically have only three days worth of food, so if you think about it, civilizations being just three or four meals away from anarchy isn't taken seriously enough. No one, including me seems to think about running out of food or water. In the United States, plans for dealing with a pandemic call for people to keep at least three weeks worth of food and water stockpiled. How many of us are actually doing that? My kitty has more food and water stockpiled than I do. (she's so adorable)

Personally, I think 10 weeks is better, because how long would your stocks last if shops emptied and your water supply dried up? Even if everyone were willing, many people might not be able to afford to stockpile enough food. AIDS really doesn't effect us in this way, at least not to a degree where everyone is effected by it.