The Top Ten Myths About HIV/AIDS - must see!

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mindmaniac

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Could you put the ten myths in writing for those of us at work who can't watch videos?
 
Maleficus

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Originally posted by: jman19
Originally posted by: IGBT
..does it mention that no one has ever been cured??
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Yeah that would be a really common myth... :confused:
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Technically... some people have been 'cured' very very few number of infants have managed to spontaneously recover from it
 
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Steve

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Myths
1. - HIV doesn't cause AIDS.
2. - Because of antiretroviral medications, we no longer need to be concerned about HIV/AIDS.
3. - If you have HIV already and are sexually active, you no longer need to practice safer sex.
4. - You can't contract HIV through oral sex.
5. - You can't get HIV from one sexual encounter.
6. - A woman cannot spread HIV to another woman by having sex with her.
7. - If you are HIV positive but your HIV viral load is undetectable, you cannot spread HIV.
8. - AIDS can be spread by kissing, hugging, or shaking hands.
9. - If you have HIV, you can cure it by having sex with a virgin.
10. - Every individual with HIV will eventually develop AIDS.

I knew a few of these already. #8 should include 'using the same toilet seat' because they harped on that in 7th/8th grade sex ed. The ones I hadn't heard before I had never thought about, in some cases because it just seemed like common sense - for example #9 - what the fuck?

Who remembers that person who thought you could get AIDS through sweat? Wasn't he a doctor or something?
 
irishScott

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Originally posted by: Steve
Running time: 8:54

Myths
1. - HIV doesn't cause AIDS.
2. - Because of antiretroviral medications, we no longer need to be concerned about HIV/AIDS.
3. - If you have HIV already and are sexually active, you no longer need to practice safer sex.
4. - You can't contract HIV through oral sex.
5. - You can't get HIV from one sexual encounter.
6. - A woman cannot spread HIV to another woman by having sex with her.
7. - If you are HIV positive but your HIV viral load is undetectable, you cannot spread HIV.
8. - AIDS can be spread by kissing, hugging, or shaking hands.
9. - If you have HIV, you can cure it by having sex with a virgin.
10. - Every individual with HIV will eventually develop AIDS.

I knew a few of these already. #8 should include 'using the same toilet seat' because they harped on that in 7th/8th grade sex ed. The ones I hadn't heard before I had never thought about, in some cases because it just seemed like common sense - for example #9 - what the fuck?

Who remembers that person who thought you could get AIDS through sweat? Wasn't he a doctor or something?
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I knew all of them. Known em since middle school. *Yawn*
 
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Howard

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Originally posted by: Steve
Running time: 8:54

Myths
1. - HIV doesn't cause AIDS.
2. - Because of antiretroviral medications, we no longer need to be concerned about HIV/AIDS.
3. - If you have HIV already and are sexually active, you no longer need to practice safer sex.
4. - You can't contract HIV through oral sex.
5. - You can't get HIV from one sexual encounter.
6. - A woman cannot spread HIV to another woman by having sex with her.
7. - If you are HIV positive but your HIV viral load is undetectable, you cannot spread HIV.
8. - AIDS can be spread by kissing, hugging, or shaking hands.
9. - If you have HIV, you can cure it by having sex with a virgin.
10. - Every individual with HIV will eventually develop AIDS.

I knew a few of these already. #8 should include 'using the same toilet seat' because they harped on that in 7th/8th grade sex ed. The ones I hadn't heard before I had never thought about, in some cases because it just seemed like common sense - for example #9 - what the fuck?

Who remembers that person who thought you could get AIDS through sweat? Wasn't he a doctor or something?
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I think a lot of Africans in African believe number 9.
 
IGBT

IGBT

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Originally posted by: Maleficus
Originally posted by: jman19
Originally posted by: IGBT
..does it mention that no one has ever been cured??
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Yeah that would be a really common myth... :confused:
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Technically... some people have been 'cured' very very few number of infants have managed to spontaneously recover from it
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..well that's true. when they die they're cured.


And last but not least, AIDS and HIV are largely behavior issues.

 
K1052

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Originally posted by: jman19
Originally posted by: rrahman1
Originally posted by: IGBT
..does it mention that no one has ever been cured??
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what about magic johnson?
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He's not cured, he's living with the disease.
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IIRC, they detected it fairly early and got him on antiretroviral drugs ASAP. Sticking to the drug regimen religiously is supposed to be one of the biggest factors. He's undetectable but still infected.
 
jman19

jman19

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Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: jman19
Originally posted by: rrahman1
Originally posted by: IGBT
..does it mention that no one has ever been cured??
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what about magic johnson?
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He's not cured, he's living with the disease.
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IIRC, they detected it fairly early and got him on antiretroviral drugs ASAP. Sticking to the drug regimen religiously is supposed to be one of the biggest factors. He's undetectable but still infected.
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Exactly. He is living due to his treatments, not because he is cured.
 
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