H.I.V.AIDS what happened? (generations, heroin, regime, administration)
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We're known the dangers of cigarette smoking for many decades, however young people are still picking up the habit. And the same goes for being overweight. I've heard many times that the young feel invulnerable.
Some young people don't so much feel invulnerable as they simply don't care about longer-term consequences. If somewhat depressed, might not care if some action might have a dangerous or lethal outcome.
I don't remember feeling invulnerable when younger- just indifferent.
A big difference is that now HIV is VERY treatable. Relatively few people make it to the AIDS stage anymore as compared to even 5 or 10 years ago and certainly as compared to the 80s. I volunteer with HIV/AIDS groups and know of 60 year olds who have been infected since the 1980s who are now down to just one pill a day and living full and healthy lives.
Of course people are still dying in the West, but those are the people who either don't keep up with treatment, have a poor support system (most often associated with the black male community), or who are not tested. Most people make it to a hospital for one reason or another before late stage AIDS is full blown. Also the fact that we test pregnant women and now have drugs to prevent transmittance to the infant have vastly improved our rates.
Why dont we hear as much as we used to about this?Is it under control or was it over blown to start with? I never see nothing to help prevent the spread no more?
I would say its mainly because we are not scared of it anymore. Sure its getting out of control in Africa but here in Western Civilization we don't worry about it. I mean look at Magic Johnson, the man has had HIV since forever and he looks just as healthy as anyone else in his age group. If we are not worried that it might actually kill us we are not to concerned about it, thus AIDS is old news while we cannot get enough about what may or may not cause cancer.
I would say its mainly because we are not scared of it anymore. Sure its getting out of control in Africa but here in Western Civilization we don't worry about it. I mean look at Magic Johnson, the man has had HIV since forever and he looks just as healthy as anyone else in his age group. If we are not worried that it might actually kill us we are not to concerned about it, thus AIDS is old news while we cannot get enough about what may or may not cause cancer.
I would say its mainly because we are not scared of it anymore. Sure its getting out of control in Africa but here in Western Civilization we don't worry about it. I mean look at Magic Johnson, the man has had HIV since forever and he looks just as healthy as anyone else in his age group. If we are not worried that it might actually kill us we are not to concerned about it, thus AIDS is old news while we cannot get enough about what may or may not cause cancer.
Go to the local bar, watch all the people smokiing cigarettes!
Elton John: I'm doing a speech about the situation with AIDS in America basically, and how we need to address what's going on. We seem to be falling a little behind in America.
I find this disease very cyclical. Every 10 years or so, after we spend a lot of money trying to educate people -- a new generation of people -- and we tell them to have safe sex and to abstain sometimes but have safe sex, wear condoms, we find that after 10 years another whole group of people come along. And we have to start all over again, which is really, really frustrating because it takes money for education. And we find that if we could get into the schools at a grass-roots levels, which we do in places like Africa where we get to kids at a young age and we tell them about preventive measures for not getting HIV, we find the success rate is tremendous.
ITS strange that the media brings it back after a super star talks about it! I guess thats why some are good role models!
Not really. AIDS is here to stay as a dangerous STD. So its presence is no longer actually newsworthy. And we all know how to avoid getting it.
I don't think that it's the job of the news media to have daily articles about AIDS posted in their headline sections. Or even in their health sections. And the lack of those news articles isn't going to affect people in a way that makes them practice safer sex.
Also, AIDS is not the only STD, disease or illness to be worried about. And sometimes, the more it is mentioned as in repeating old news, the impact hearing about it is lessened.
What would be newsworthy is be the periodic release of gathered data showing how prevalent AIDS is in certain populations or if there were new therapies or drug treatments for it.
Not really. AIDS is here to stay as a dangerous STD. So its presence is no longer actually newsworthy. And we all know how to avoid getting it.
I don't think that it's the job of the news media to have daily articles about AIDS posted in their headline sections. Or even in their health sections. And the lack of those news articles isn't going to affect people in a way that makes them practice safer sex.
Also, AIDS is not the only STD, disease or illness to be worried about. And sometimes, the more it is mentioned as in repeating old news, the impact hearing about it is lessened.
What would be newsworthy is be the periodic release of gathered data showing how prevalent AIDS is in certain populations or if there were new therapies or drug treatments for it.
I see your point...but aids is like a death sentance if you got it[maybe]because these drugs only pro long your death...magic is a rare case and i think it at most would extend a life no more than 10 or 12 years in a lot of cases?
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