Serious Chat: HIV Epidemic

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by tld221

like AKAMonet said, what COULD you do? you could go around telling people "ooh watch ya back," but umm, people are gonna sleep with who they sleep with. i know that sounds really apathetic, but this epidemic has grown so out of our control...

it would make for a good psychological thriller. Saw 5 anyone?

Also, sorry for the double post, but AIDS is NOT out of control - in fact, it is very much in control, new infections are decreasing to the point where AIDS awareness organizations are outright lying about the numbers, and medications are (so far) doing well in controlling HIV->AIDS movement.

Just saying.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Also, sorry for the double post, but AIDS is NOT out of control - in fact, it is very much in control, new infections are decreasing to the point where AIDS awareness organizations are outright lying about the numbers, and medications are (so far) doing well in controlling HIV->AIDS movement.

Just saying.

It is out of control still in the African American community. My theory is that kids are having sex at a younger ages, such at 9/10 years old, that invincibility mentality and that need to solve their problems by being physicality and sexuality when their minds are still developing. There is a positive correlation between young ignorance of STI's and education. There are still kids who think that babies come from the stork...

The meds do protect the transition of HIV infection to full blown AIDS. But that doesn't mean squat if one cannot get those drugs or chooses not to take them, thereby increasing their viral loads of HIV and concomitant opportunistic infections--some being the bacterial that are antibiotic resistant kind...

And that's IRL...