HIV/AIDS ……MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER? October 20, 2008
Posted by frostygirl in HIV/AIDS.Tags: HIV/AIDS, manslaughter, murder
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If a person is diagnosed HIV positive and then willingly has sex with another person without advising the person of his/her HIV status and also does not take preventative measures to ensure that the virus is not spread to the other person, should this person be charged with murder or manslaughter ?
The reason why I have been pondering this matter is because of the fact that here in South Africa there are millions of our black citizens who have been diagnosed HIV positive and are receiving treatment for this disease.
When they are questioned about their condom usage more than 70% say that they either “never” use condoms or that they “sometimes” use condoms. Their culture does not frown on multiple sex partners from a very young age, therefore if one person is infected they can infect countless others.
Maybe we should lobby for the offenders to be charged with murder or manslaughter if they infect innocent people in this way.
I know it will be difficult to prove who had sex with who, but maybe scare tactics could be used at all the clinics in the country who could then advise the HIV positive people that they “could” be prosecuted maybe they will then use the FREE condoms they have been given by the clinics!
If only!!! I can dream I suppose!
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HIV/AIDS IN UNITED STATES August 3, 2008
Posted by frostygirl in HIV/AIDS.Tags: black, HIV/AIDS, USA
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The Centre for Disease Control in USA has receently revealed that there are more new cases of Americans infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, than previously believed.
About 56,000 people became infected with HIV in the past year, which translates to about 40 percent more cases than officials had estimated, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention.
They now have technology that can determine when someone has been infected, this new method can indicate whether someone has been infected with HIV during the previous five months, rather than relying on statistical models.
“Diagnosis of HIV can occur years after infection. The fact that 56,000 Americans each year are contracting HIV for the first time is a wake-up call for all of us in the U.S.,” Fenton said.
“These numbers are a scathing indictment of how profoundly U.S. and CDC HIV prevention efforts have failed,” said Michael Weinstein, president of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which calls itself “the nation’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care.”
In terms of the HIV/AIDS figures in Africa the abovementioned new HIV/AIDS infected people in USA is very small, but it must be of great concern as one would expect that it would be easier to educate a first world country’s citizens than in our continent.
It is interesting to see the following report on HIV/AIDS amongst “Black” Americans:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/29/black.aids.report/index.html
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