Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Why are so many people so ignorant about HIV/AIDS

Why are so many people so ignorant about HIV/AIDS?
I've been reading a lot of the questions on here and trying to answer some of them and I am shocked at how ignorant so many people seem to be. Some of the answers given would mean that nearly everyone in the world has the virus, by now. This isn't the 80s.
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you should better ask the goverment about strategies of prevention..It's a matter of education and will to protect one an other..
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IMPO, a lot of the problem is the strong 'pro-ignorance' presence in local, state, and federal governments. These are folks who believe that giving young people NO information or WRONG information will lead to young people avoiding sex. They must be in a state of willful denial if they can't see that their strategy isn't leading to abstinence at all, it is leading to disease and unwanted pregnancy. I would never never want my child to be a burning building -- but neglecting to teach fire safety is NOT the way to achieve this end.
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I totally agree with you. I have worked with a support network for people with HIV and Hepatitus C, and was continually stunned at the questions I was asked regarding how these viruses are spread. Something in health education has failed. I still here people suggesting it is only Africans and homosexuals who have HIV - nothing could be further from the truth. It is frightening, all we can do is continue to try and enlighten people and make them more aware of the risks.
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Well, mix 1 part hysteria with 1 part denial and what do you get? Then mix in a little bigotry and BAM!
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I think so many people are arrogant about sex, they just believe they're invincible. And what effects society will not effect them, since of course they're care full about who they sleep with. I think people expect someone with AIDS to look a certain way.So if they see a good looking person they must be (clean). DUMB HUH?
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i think that people are so caught up in the moment that they dont think about their future at all including the risks that they take on a daily basis. i believe most people are informed but choose to do whatever they want because "it wont happen to me" syndrome
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In part because it suits certain politically minded individuals in the African and gay communities to spread the idea that AIDS is unrelated to the HIV virus. This is not the case, this virus actively targes and diminishes cells of the immune system, it has been demonstrated over and over again and really not in question any more. Unrelated: solve the commuting problem, google Hallitubes and tell your friends.
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Be causes of ignorance. There should be awakening among the people. The people should be educated through the dailies, magazines, T.V. ,Cinema and Notices, Lectures. etc. The younger generations should be educated about this. It should be taught in all the collages. The Government should take action to prevent, to control the Aids. What all should be done must be done. The Government and the Society have more responsibility to prevent it.
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people are always going to be ignorant to something they don't understand. alot of people think gays and drug addicts only get aids but thats not true look at all the children in africa born with aids and their mothers die before they grow up and are able to take care of themselves, thats what people don't understand. those children arent gay, neither are the innocent women who don't their husbands have given them aids until it's too late.
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This is one of the disease where people have the "It cannot happen to me Syndrome"....Also,because of the social stigma attached to it (am not sure of devolped countries,but am talking about devolping countries),people just dont wanna talk about HIV and hence remain ignorant about the dangers of risky behaviour.
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There is a difference between STUPIDITY and IGNORANCE. IGNORANCE means that you are uneducated about it. STUPIDITY is when you know and chose not to acknowledge it. I would have to say that most people are stupid. I'm sorry but if you were born anytime after 1975 then you should have learned (in school) what the difference between HIV and AIDS is, and the ways that it can be contracted. Not to mention that the virus dies once it's out of the body. SO I am going to say if you are over 30 then you are probably ignorant but any younger than that you are stupid. This shouldn't shock you. I was being very generous when i said 30...that shoulda been 40.

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Saturday, October 4, 2008

Is there any other way to have a low white blood count other than HIV/AIDS

Is there any other way to have a low white blood count other than HIV/AIDS?
I'm scared.
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cancer is one way i know but im not sure
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Chemotherapy. I don't have HIV, but after being treated for cancer, my white blood cells dropped to almost zero, but my white blood cell levels went back up within a week after treatment.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

What will happen to those that have HIV AIDS if they were identify to the public

What will happen to those that have HIV AIDS if they were identify to the public?

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If I understand your question correctly, I hope nothing would happen. As long as they're not rubbing their blood on anyone they will not spread HIV. Not everyone gets HIV through the stereotypical 80's myth... the 80's were almost twenty years ago! I'm not trying to sound mean, I just feel compassion for people who are living with such a terrible illness.
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nothing they cannot be arrested or attacks due to a illness. Magic Johnson doesn't get jumped formhaong HIV no he's a vetern people respect him. HIV is only blood transmuted you can huge a sweaty HIV person and won't get HIV. Let's hope spciety isn't sterotypical and will accept the person.
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I keep hoping that the education of the HIV/AIDS virus would be getting through to people as to not scare them of the people infected, but unfortunately the world is not perfect, and neither are we. I have a friend who is HIV positive. She received the virus through a blood transfusion after a kidney operation. Though she has been living with this disease (and, I mean living...), there are still people at her church that will not sit next to her. They do not understand the transmission of the disease and that shaking her hand will not cause them to become infected. I continue to hope that people will want to educate themselves on the disease, and that they will no longer be narrow-minded. But, the only thing we can do as individuals is to educate the unknowing individuals and hope for acceptance.
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Ask magic Johnson what happened to him? He owns a burger king in dallas so nothing apparently
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I hope NOTHING happens to them.. they are normal people like everybody else.. I don't see why there should be any hate or disgrace towards them. There is good and bad in all people, of all races, gender, social groups.. but I do know there are many people who are afraid of people with HIV+.. the questions like "will i get HIV bc there spit passed my eye" it's just so weird how people come up with all the scenarios.. May God bless those who are living with HIV.. cuz I am sure it is a hard time... they can't be intimate in ways the average person can, having kids requires taking medication and hope your child don't get the virus, it's very sad..
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First there are confidentiality laws on record so this will not happen. People who are HIV+ have the right to tell who ever they like about their status, and there are laws to protect HIV+ people from discrimination. People who work with HIV+ population are bound by law not to disclose the status of people they know, in fact there are fines and jail time for those who break this law.

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