The Plague Continues
Uh oh, this can't be good.
As I've pointed out before, gentle reader, that it's easy to destroy AIDS. As the article points out, the guy was a drug user who had unprotected sex with multiple homosexual partners.
Now, without passing judgment on these homosexuals, the proven fact of the matter is that non-monogamous sex, and particularly non-monogamous sex between homosexual males, is pretty much the easiest way (that, and sharing needles during intravenous drug use) to contract the HIV virus from someone who has it.
Seeing as how I've not once done anything to raise my risk of contracting HIV, it's very difficult for me to have any compassion for this man, or anyone else who contracts this or any other strain of the virus. It really has nothing to do with my religious values, either; whether you're religious or not, it's hard to argue that this man is a victim of his own stupidity.
Disagree with me? Go ahead. Prove me wrong.
NEW YORK — Health officials said Friday a man has been diagnosed with a rare strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that quickly progressed to AIDS.
"We are not aware of another case like this in the United States, or elsewhere," said Dr. Ron Valdiserri, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention.
The case was found in a man in his mid-40s who had unprotected sex with other men, often while using crystal methamphetamine, an addictive stimulant.
Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Frieden said the rare HIV strain is "difficult or impossible to treat." City health officials are working with the CDC to find other possible cases.
As I've pointed out before, gentle reader, that it's easy to destroy AIDS. As the article points out, the guy was a drug user who had unprotected sex with multiple homosexual partners.
Now, without passing judgment on these homosexuals, the proven fact of the matter is that non-monogamous sex, and particularly non-monogamous sex between homosexual males, is pretty much the easiest way (that, and sharing needles during intravenous drug use) to contract the HIV virus from someone who has it.
Seeing as how I've not once done anything to raise my risk of contracting HIV, it's very difficult for me to have any compassion for this man, or anyone else who contracts this or any other strain of the virus. It really has nothing to do with my religious values, either; whether you're religious or not, it's hard to argue that this man is a victim of his own stupidity.
Disagree with me? Go ahead. Prove me wrong.
2 Comments:
I will have to agree with you on this one. It's more about stupidity than anything. Unfortunately, until there is more awareness that AIDS is making a BIG comeback then nothing can be done. Back in the 80s and even 90s there were huge AIDS awareness campaigns, especially on TV. The only time I ever see a condom advertised, it's on MTV. We are in the age of excess and do-what-ever-the-hell-you-want-ness. It'll take a lot more than a report about a new HIV strain to change that.
I don't think campaigns are going to do anything to change this situation. There's no group in America that knows better the risks, the outcomes, and the transmission methods of HIV than homosexual men. When their AIDS rates increase, they talk about "increasing awareness," and then they go back to having anonymous sex in bath houses and such in San Francisco and other cities across the country.
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