1. The risk for people in their 20’s to contract HIV is very great. “About 1 in 4 new HIV infections is among youth ages 13-24” (U.S. Statistics). This is because this is when people become sexually active and are inexperienced in protecting themselves. They do not know all of the ways to stay safe while having sex. There are many ways in which to transmit HIV but can only be transmitted through certain bodily fluids. These bodily fluids are: blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. Most of these fluids would involve sexual contact although not all of them. In order for risk of transmission to occur, “these body fluids must come into contact with a mucous membrane or damaged tissue or be directly infected
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I believe that the criticisms of the US response to HIV/AIDS prevention by Bill Bowtell are justified. When the HIV/AIDS epidemic first hit the US we were scared of it, and because of that fear we decided to pass legislation that hurt people who have contracted HIV. Our fear and prejudices caused a stigma that is attached to HIV that is very negative. We have also funded abstinence only training that. All of these things have hurt the effectiveness of the US response to HIV/AIDS prevention. We have passed laws that criminalize HIV. Criminalizing HIV is not the way to deal with this crisis. Of the 50 states, 45 have legislation that can be used against people with HIV (State by State). This only creates more fear and stigma associated with HIV. It makes people think that they are breaking the law because they are sick. This has proven to be ineffective because of our high prevelance numbers as compared to other countries, like Australia, who do not have such laws criminalizing HIV. Laws that criminalize HIV only hurt people with HIV, they don’t help prevent …show more content…
Transmission can occur between heterosexual contact, injection drug use, occupational hazards, as well as birth by an infected mother (How Do You Get HIV or AIDS). Killing all gay people will not stop transmission among any other group so HIV will continue to be spread through all of these other methods. In order to stop HIV/AIDS for good following Pastor Steven Anderson’s method we would have to kill all heterosexual people, injection drug users, pregnant women and homosexuals, which leaves no one. Killing the gays would not stop HIV from being spread. The fact that there is more than one way to transmit HIV is something that Pastor Steven Anderson must have
I believe that the criticisms of the US response to HIV/AIDS prevention by Bill Bowtell are justified. When the HIV/AIDS epidemic first hit the US we were scared of it, and because of that fear we decided to pass legislation that hurt people who have contracted HIV. Our fear and prejudices caused a stigma that is attached to HIV that is very negative. We have also funded abstinence only training that. All of these things have hurt the effectiveness of the US response to HIV/AIDS prevention. We have passed laws that criminalize HIV. Criminalizing HIV is not the way to deal with this crisis. Of the 50 states, 45 have legislation that can be used against people with HIV (State by State). This only creates more fear and stigma associated with HIV. It makes people think that they are breaking the law because they are sick. This has proven to be ineffective because of our high prevelance numbers as compared to other countries, like Australia, who do not have such laws criminalizing HIV. Laws that criminalize HIV only hurt people with HIV, they don’t help prevent …show more content…
Transmission can occur between heterosexual contact, injection drug use, occupational hazards, as well as birth by an infected mother (How Do You Get HIV or AIDS). Killing all gay people will not stop transmission among any other group so HIV will continue to be spread through all of these other methods. In order to stop HIV/AIDS for good following Pastor Steven Anderson’s method we would have to kill all heterosexual people, injection drug users, pregnant women and homosexuals, which leaves no one. Killing the gays would not stop HIV from being spread. The fact that there is more than one way to transmit HIV is something that Pastor Steven Anderson must have