This week I wanted to begin by just informing you all how much I have learned from this class. I always thought that having HIV/AIDS was extremely horrible and that one would die immediately. After taking this class, I must admitt I have become a different women. I am much more educated. I think that sometimes when someone is against a certain topic it means that that someone lacks the proper education in that topic. And I am getting there!!!!! I have getting properly educated.
I can't believe that this is a week without papers due. I am looking into starting the M&M Journal. This is going to be hard, because I'm on a diet (Giggles).
I was looking into "How NOT disclosing your HIV status could be a CRIMINAL ACT"
Should a person go to jail for not giving out their status? Shouldn't it be (your) job to have your potential partner tested? I think there is a fine line here. I think that a person should always know the potential risk of contracting HIV through their partner.
"Obviously, intentionally choosing not to disclose HIV infection to sexual partners puts the partner in harms way" (About AIDS, 2009). Many supports are refering to not disclosing status as if someone was placing a gun to your head.
"Without disclosure, more and more people will be infected with HIV, meaning the public health has been jeopardized by the failure to disclose" (About AIDS, 2009).
"Those opposing criminalizing HIV transmission offer several reasons for why they feel it is a bad idea. In their opinion, laws that criminalize HIV" (About AIDS, 2009).:
•do nothing to reduce the rate of HIV infection
•undermine prevention efforts by deterring people from being tested
•add to the fear and stigma that follow HIV positive people
•punish even under circumstances that are not blameworthy
•are often applied unfairly and inconsistently
What do you think should it be criminalized?
I wanted to write some Transmission Statistics
DYK: That the rate for infection in the US is at a steady rate. Isn't this horrible.
•Male-to-male sexual contact (MSM) - 22,472
•Injection drug use (IVDU) - 4,939
•MSM / IVDU - 1,260
•Heterosexual contact - 13,627
•Other risks / risk not identified - 35,180
Shouldn't transmission go down??? and not up??? What do you think??
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I know that the HIV is deadly dangerous virus which is responsible for AIDS disease which takes the life badly.I agree with the point that Without disclosure, more and more people will be infected with HIV, meaning the public health has been jeopardized by the failure to disclose".I want to know suggestion of others.
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