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Increase in AIDS
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3482169.stm
I missed out on the big campaigns of the 80's warning against AIDS and HIV and I think in my generation, people are not really educated about the risk and don't see it as a big problem.
For example, when I think about using contraception, my number one reason is not wanting to get pregnant, then after that, the risk of STD's. I don't really think about AIDS to be honest although maybe I should. What about other people?
Is the fact that 4 out of 5 new cases were contracted abroad anything to be concerned about? If there are particular countries where many cases seem to originate from, couldn't there be some kind of scheme, awareness, testing or SOMETHING to stop this horrible disease being a major threat to the UK?
I missed out on the big campaigns of the 80's warning against AIDS and HIV and I think in my generation, people are not really educated about the risk and don't see it as a big problem.
For example, when I think about using contraception, my number one reason is not wanting to get pregnant, then after that, the risk of STD's. I don't really think about AIDS to be honest although maybe I should. What about other people?
Is the fact that 4 out of 5 new cases were contracted abroad anything to be concerned about? If there are particular countries where many cases seem to originate from, couldn't there be some kind of scheme, awareness, testing or SOMETHING to stop this horrible disease being a major threat to the UK?
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I have seen billions of busses lately warning of Aids, so i guess theyre at least attempting to step up awareness.. not good enough in my books though.
really? :crazyeyes i cant see how you wouldnt want to know, if it was unlikely anyway, wouldnt you rather have had the all clear? or if it had been positive got drugs etc for it?
Eaxctly and what about the people that you could have inflected? Not a thought for them.
Are you mad? You really should know, you could be passing it on.
I'm no angel, I've taken some very silly risks in my life, but I do get tested if I think I've been particularly stupid.
People are shagging around and not using sufficient protection- it's no wonder we've got the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in Western Europe, and it's no wonder that the numbers of those contracting STIs is shooting up.
Depends on what you want to be tested for. Last time I got tested was due to a possible chlamydia scare, but I asked to get checked for HIV, gonorhea (sp?), syphilis and hepatitis as well.
Everything was negative.
Glad to hear that
No I was told by someone that when you go to the doctors and they take blood they automatically do a test as standard ? I dunno, maybe i caught the wrong end of the stick.
Only because people are not keeping it in their pants, and not protecting it properly when they do whop it out.
The amount of promiscuity and rape in Africa is the main reason behind the AIDS epidemic over there- according to the BBC, over 50% of girls say they lost their virginity by force, so it's no wonder that AIDS is spreading like wildfire.