Serious Chat: HIV Epidemic

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Originally Posted by tld221

First let me say i totally agree with you. However, to be charged with "attempted murder" implies that giving someone HIV means you have intent to kill them. there are many illnesses and diseases that can kill you - from as serious as the virus to as "simple" as a common cold (which, like HIV, can progress into a bigger more hazardous illness).

so if someone sneezes on me, do i call the cops?

also, if an HIV-positive woman gives birth, do you charge her? she is, in a sense, intentionally (and potentially) passing the virus onto her child. likewise, that child is unknowingly being infected outside their control.

I've heard it's actually illegal to have sex with an unknowing partner when you have AIDS or HIV.