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12.01.2001
Did You Know That HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus?From this website, you can find out any information on AIDS/HIV that you need to know, or just would like to. A good many people are prejudiced against those with HIV or AIDS. Why? I figure it's because they don't understand what goes on. You know else? You can't get HIV from kissing, shaking hands, touching, coughing or sneezing, insect or animal bites, or by sharing food, toilet seats, or from being in a swimming pool with an HIV infected person. So you don't need to worry about getting HIV from just being around someone with it. So stop acting distant. There are plenty of people at my church (mostly in the youth group), who don't understand these things. They immediately don't want anything to do with people who have HIV or AIDS. And I betcha that they aren't the only ones. So how does HIV spread then? Huh? Well, there are a few different ways. If you have SEX with someone who is HIV positive without the use of a condom, they can give to you. Same goes with oral sex. It doesn't matter. Vaginal/anal/oral. What else? SHARING NEEDLES. If you share needles with someone who is HIV positive, then you can get it. Mothers can pass it to their babies in three ways: during pregnancy, during birth, or through breastfeeding. And unfortunatly, you can also get it from blood transfusions. If you get an infected organ or amount of blood from someone with HIV, then you can be infected. If you think you might have HIV, you can call the National AIDS Helpline on 0800 567 123 for free confidential information about HIV and AIDS and sexual health 24-hours a day. If you think there is any chance that you might have it, you need to get it checked out. But you must wait at least 3 months between the time you think you may have contracted it. Otherwise, it won't show up in the test. But please get it checked out. If you don't, and you do have it, you could be unintentionally infecting new people. People newly infected with HIV in 2000 5.3 million. . . just under 15,000 cases per day. That's a lot. That's EVERY day. Please get checked out. And please practice safe sex. How much do you know about HIV/AIDS? That's a quiz to find out what you know. I took the test. I got 20 out of 20 right. 100%. Can you do as well? Today is World AIDS Day. Please help somehow. If you have a website, please help spread the information. If you have an online journal or blog, Check out this page for information. Eastern Europe Eastern Europe currently has the fastest growing number of AIDS/HIV cases in the world. In Africa, they have many problems with slowing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Some places, they have a shortage of condoms. Other places, the men won't use them, and the women can't get them to. And listen to this: Most of Asia appeared to have a relatively low rate of HIV infection, but that could be misleading, the report said. "In vast, populous countries such as China, India and Indonesia, national prevalence all but loses meaning. "The 1% infection rate reported in India meant 3.86m there were living with HIV/Aids. Another website that is really good for information is UNAIDS. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control. National Alliance for Hispanic Health. AIDS 101.
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