HIV = AIDS?

Wow...that article disturbed me...and I'm having a rough time figuring out exactly why...


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My knob tastes funny.
 
How dare she be so brazen as to advise HIV positive people to stop having safe sex -- if she whines that there isnt enough research done to prove that HIV causes AIDS, that necessarily means that there isn't enough research done to prove that it doesn't cause AIDS! What foolish and leathal advice to give people in the midst of, even what she sees as, uncertainty! Encouraging HIV positive patients not to have safe sex, or to even disclose their sickness to their sexual partners? She's on the boarderline of being a mass murderer in my book.

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"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart."

-Erma Bombeck
 
And at the very least, to assume that HIV and/or AIDS is the only thing you can get sexually is dangerous too. There are a lot of other diseases that can be passed on if one doesn't practice safer sex...there is an element of irresponsibility in her words and actions.


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My knob tastes funny.
 
See, I agree with what you guys are saying. The whole safe sex bit is necessary, simply because WE HAVE NO EARTHLY IDEA if she's right or wrong. I can understand someone not wanting to take the meds, because sometimes the side effects can seem worse than the "cure." (I used quotes for the sake of argument here.) But when you start endangering someone else's life, then you need to check what you're doing, ya know? She may be right, but then again, she may be absolutely, 100% wrong, and then where would everyone who listened to her be?

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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help. - Calvin
 
I have to agree with y'all, on this one. Why give advice on something that cannot be scientifically substantiated? In fact, science suggests quite the opposite.

The whole conspiracy theory undertones of the article make me think that I was reading the script to an X-Files show. I was looking for Moulder and Scully. Why didn't she mention smoking man? I'm sure he had something to do with it. Jeez. Come on! Get real!

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I'm with mth. Okay, so don't take your meds. That's YOUR life you're messing with, but when you bring someone else's life into it you're just being selfish and stupid. HIV/AIDS are not the only sexually transmitted diseases.

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"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."

- Woodrow Wilson
 
Interesting article, I've heard that fellow that got her started on this line of thinking (Peter Dusenberg (sp?)) and the main thing he promotes is not taking the AZT, but do continue with a very healthy lifestyle. He claims that in the cases where HIV turns into AIDS is where the body's defenses are compromised like heavy drinking and drug use, not in a healthy person.

I agree about the safe sex advice though, what a mistake that could be! However, in reading the article I have to wonder if the woman is actually promoting that idea, or is that a hot button for the media to broadcast? All of the quotes do not indicate that is her philosophy. Perhaps she means in a monogamous relationship only? Still, if you can prevent transmitting the HIV virus, why risk otherwise?
 
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