Thread: AIDs politically protected disease

AIDs is the only politically protected disease on the planet. This is fact.

My question is why? The govt protects the disease and its hosts. The govt spends millions fighting the causes of obesity,diabetes,heart disease,lung cancer etc. Why doesnt it fight to stop the CAUSE of AIDs? Why is it protected?
Shouldnt the govt demand the bath houses and other places where promiscuity and dangersous sexual activity be sued just like the food industries and tabacco industries are? Either AIDs is a disease/plague or it isnt.

Originally Posted by Pokerface

AIDs is the only politically protected disease on the planet. This is fact.

My question is why? The govt protects the disease and its hosts. The govt spends millions fighting the causes of obesity,diabetes,heart disease,lung cancer etc. Why doesnt it fight to stop the CAUSE of AIDs? Why is it protected?
Shouldnt the govt demand the bath houses and other places where promiscuity and dangersous sexual activity be sued just like the food industries and tabacco industries are? Either AIDs is a disease/plague or it isnt.

Question where are there bath houses still? Or do you mean pool changing rooms?

AIDS is transmitted from person to person by a pathogen. Diabetes isn't.

Originally Posted by Black Monarch

AIDS is transmitted from person to person by a pathogen. Diabetes isn't.

Exactly!!! And why cant we restrict the PEOPLE who are spreading it so we can get rid of it??????????? The govt fights the sugar industry, the fast food industry, the tobacco industry etc//

Originally Posted by Pokerface

Exactly!!! And why cant we restrict the PEOPLE who are spreading it so we can get rid of it??????????? The govt fights the sugar industry, the fast food industry, the tobacco industry etc//

So your suggestion is to ban homosexuality, and ban having sex with anyone other than your spouse, unless a condom is used?

Ban drug taking, ban prostitution, ban anything that MIGHT transmit Aids?

How do you intend to police all this?

Originally Posted by Pokerface

AIDs is the only politically protected disease on the planet. This is fact.

My question is why?

I think you know the right answer!Any discussion about can be finished in deleted posts or infractions due to "flamebating" or "hate speech".

You know that mother-son transmition can happen.

Simple ban people from giving birth.

Yea, an' dey got Fearless W protectin' it...

Former US President Bush: America Cannot Retreat in Fight Against AIDS
December 04, 2011 - Former U.S. president George W. Bush is urging Americans to do more during the current time of economic hardship to alleviate suffering in the developing world. Mr. Bush's comments came during his keynote address to an international conference on AIDS in Africa.

The former U.S. president spoke to an audience of mostly African scientists, health professionals and AIDS activists. But he addressed his most pointed remarks to U.S. lawmakers and taxpayers. He drew enthusiastic applause when he said this is not the time to cut back funding for the battle against sexually-transmitted diseases. "During lean budget times, the United States and the developing world must set priorities, and there is no greater priority than saving human life," he said. Mr. Bush was showered with gifts and honors during his one day visit to Ethiopia for his leadership in creating PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief.

The 10-year, $39 billion program is considered the largest ever initiative dedicated to fighting a disease. At a time when many people in the United States are urging cuts in government programs to control federal spending, the former president cautioned that reducing successful humanitarian programs could diminish America's standing in the world. "I know that during moments of economic hardship, there can be a temptation for Americans to disengage from the world. But we cannot retreat. We cannot afford to falter when we're needed most. Isolationism is always short sighted. It's always a mistake. It can lead always lead to greater hardship and despair," he said.

Mr. Bush warned that an American withdrawal from its leadership role in the fight against human suffering would leave a void that could be filled by extremists. "Suffering from abroad can be the distant thunder of a storm gathering against us all. Americans and Africans face a common enemy in the despair of disease. It is hopelessness that aids extremists, so we aim to provide hope and compassion by standing with others as they stand against human suffering," he said.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi presented Mr. Bush with his government's Outstanding Leadership award for PEPFAR's contribution to improving health. About 3,000 delegates attended the opening session of what is to be a five-day continental conference. Organizers say they expect double that number to attend.

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Obama on World AIDS Day: HIV Infections Up Almost 50% in ‘Young Black Gay Men’
December 2, 2011 – In a speech on Thursday to mark World AIDS Day, President Barack Obama said “the fight is not over – not by a long shot,” and noted that HIV infections among “young, black gay men” in America were the worst, up almost 50 percent in three years.

Obama acknowledged that while the rate of new HIV/AIDS infections has decreased elsewhere in the world, not so in the United States. “The infection rate here has been holding steady for over a decade,” Obama said at an event at George Washington University. “There are communities in this country being devastated, still, by this disease.” “When new infections among young black gay men increase by nearly 50 percent in three years, we need to do more to show them that their lives matter,” Obama said. The president noted that 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV.

The statistics cited by Obama come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but the president did not include information from the CDC that reveals more about the demographics of people who have HIV in the United States, including:

*The number of people living with HIV infection in the United States (HIV prevalence) is higher than ever before. The CDC has estimated that more than 1 million (1,106,400) adults and adolescents were living with HIV infection in the United States at the end of 2006, the most recent year for which national prevalence estimates are available. This represents an increase of approximately 11 percent from the previous estimate in 2003.

*HIV disproportionately affects certain populations. Men who have sex with men (MSM), blacks/African Americans, and Hispanic/Latinos are the groups most affected by HIV infection.

*MSM represent approximately 2 percent of the U.S. population. However, MSM have an HIV diagnosis rate more than 44 times that of other men, and more than 40 times that of women.

*MSM account for more than half of all new HIV infections in the United States and nearly 30,000 MSM are newly infected with HIV each year.

*MSM is the only risk group with increasing annual numbers of new HIV infections.

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Originally Posted by Pokerface

Exactly!!! And why cant we restrict the PEOPLE who are spreading it so we can get rid of it??????????? The govt fights the sugar industry, the fast food industry, the tobacco industry etc//

Because in America we don't recognize the needle sharers and homosexuals as industries. Well I guess the minorities are picking up the pace on it now, but we don't classify them as industries either. The fight is in 'real' education, not the trash they teach in schools now.