I can't remember that anybody posted about this already, so here goes...
On June 5, 1981, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, brief note was taken of a peculiar cluster of pneumonia cases in five otherwise healthy gay men.
The item was the first official mention of a scourge that had no name, no known means of transmission, no treatment and no cure. Yes boys and girls, AIDS (research) celebrates its 25th birthday this year!
After a quarter of a century AIDS is no longer a disease which only affects gays and people in Third World Countries: it's all around us. But why worry? I mean, we have access to information and to protection, don't we? And even though there's still no cure, the massive campaigns all over the world have made people more careful... Newsflash: AIDS is on the rise again, now primarily in Asia where it's spreading like a wildfire especially amongst drug users. Another newsflash: because of the false sense of security, young people are having more unsafe sex again, exposing them to contamination.
I don't know if any of you have experienced AIDS or HIV from closeby, but I'll tell you one thing: it changes your life. When I lost my virginity, I was smart enough to use a condom. A couple of days later the girls calls me to tell me that her ex had found out that he was HIV positive. "So? We used a condom, what's it to me?" "Well, we've had oral sex as well, remember?" "Yeah, and?" "Well, there's a chance that if I'm HIV positive, you got contamined too..." *DANG* I was 18 and I saw my world colapsing before my eyes. The next three months (incubation time after which HIV tests are giving valid results) were the longest of my life.
After that experience I became a blood donor (see it as a blood check twice a year) and never had unsafe sex again, not even in relationships before my girlfriend tested negative (even though I hate condoms).
So people, instead of bragging about how much you're gettin' sum, ask yourself a question or two about how safe your sex life is. Do you systematically use protection? Or only when the other asks you? What do you do when you've landed a hot piece of ass but you realise you're out of latex raincoats?
Newsweek Special on AIDS
Vatican may relax condom rules
AIDSmap (info on HIV and AIDS)
On June 5, 1981, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, brief note was taken of a peculiar cluster of pneumonia cases in five otherwise healthy gay men.
The item was the first official mention of a scourge that had no name, no known means of transmission, no treatment and no cure. Yes boys and girls, AIDS (research) celebrates its 25th birthday this year!
After a quarter of a century AIDS is no longer a disease which only affects gays and people in Third World Countries: it's all around us. But why worry? I mean, we have access to information and to protection, don't we? And even though there's still no cure, the massive campaigns all over the world have made people more careful... Newsflash: AIDS is on the rise again, now primarily in Asia where it's spreading like a wildfire especially amongst drug users. Another newsflash: because of the false sense of security, young people are having more unsafe sex again, exposing them to contamination.
I don't know if any of you have experienced AIDS or HIV from closeby, but I'll tell you one thing: it changes your life. When I lost my virginity, I was smart enough to use a condom. A couple of days later the girls calls me to tell me that her ex had found out that he was HIV positive. "So? We used a condom, what's it to me?" "Well, we've had oral sex as well, remember?" "Yeah, and?" "Well, there's a chance that if I'm HIV positive, you got contamined too..." *DANG* I was 18 and I saw my world colapsing before my eyes. The next three months (incubation time after which HIV tests are giving valid results) were the longest of my life.
After that experience I became a blood donor (see it as a blood check twice a year) and never had unsafe sex again, not even in relationships before my girlfriend tested negative (even though I hate condoms).
So people, instead of bragging about how much you're gettin' sum, ask yourself a question or two about how safe your sex life is. Do you systematically use protection? Or only when the other asks you? What do you do when you've landed a hot piece of ass but you realise you're out of latex raincoats?
Newsweek Special on AIDS
Vatican may relax condom rules
AIDSmap (info on HIV and AIDS)
Can't say that about tuberculosis for example... Much more vicious disease. Btw, wasn't yesterday an anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death?
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