AIDS cases increase in Dane county, WI
(channel3000.com) MADISON, Wis. — The number of HIV-AIDS cases is on the rise in Dane County, according to local health officials.Dane County public health officials said that gay men and blacks are two segments of the population where they are seeing significant increases in HIV and AIDS cases, WISC-TV reported.
“Some people may think it’s not that big of a deal anymore,” said Cheryl Robinson, a public health program manager.
Robinson said that this idea is wrong.
In 2006, 64 new cases were reported to public health — 28 were among gay men and 13 were among blacks. The age group of 25 to 44 year olds made up 51 percent of the cases reported, according to health officials.
“This is a virus,” said MATEC site director Marge Sutinen. “It doesn’t matter if you are gay or straight, young or old, black or white, rich or poor. All that matters is that you are human and it wants to get in and set up shop with you.”
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“It’s a public health issue that I don’t think a lot of people understand,” said AYO co-founder Rebecca Kendziorski. “It’s over there, somewhere else, but it affects all of us.” (more…)
No it doesn’t!
(enter in the fear of appearing “too judgmental”)
While AIDS does affect many people in our country and around the world, the truth is that it not all people are “affected” by it. One of the big problems that I have with the AIDS movement is that in order to win sympathy from the public on this issue, it has to be worded as “everybody’s problem”. Only those who A. Practice risky sexual behavior after being warned by multiple sources (the MAJORITY of AIDS cases out there–here in the US), B. Rape, C. Those who unfortunately contracted it by tainted blood transfusion, or D. Those who are born with it and their friends/family members are affected. While I do have great sympathy for anyone with this disease, my concern tend to be greater for B - D.
