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Why now days people they are not afraid with Hiv/Aids but the afraid at corona and froghet Hiv/Aids that is still a live and has no treatment too??
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COVID-19 has become a massive media sensation and gets far more coverage - could be a reason why. Plus, HIV can be treated, while only the symptoms of COVID can be.
Not to mention that the new coronavirus is a pandemic. Ergo, just comes down to hype and knowing a little less about it.
Not to mention that the new coronavirus is a pandemic. Ergo, just comes down to hype and knowing a little less about it.
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(Original post by Chdy gung)
Why now days people they are not afraid with Hiv/Aids but the afraid at corona and froghet Hiv/Aids that is still a live and has no treatment too??
Why now days people they are not afraid with Hiv/Aids but the afraid at corona and froghet Hiv/Aids that is still a live and has no treatment too??
The effects are not as immediate plus we have treatments for it.
We also have a test for it and an individual can ensure they do not catch it through behaviour.
You opened a new account just to post this. why?
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Many reasons
Firstly, who it affects - HIV/AIDS is most prominent in the gay and bi male community as well as in black communities. Already marginalised communities tend to be ignored. Other people dismiss it as something they simply wont get
HIV is transmitted through sex and sometimes sharing of needles. This stigmatises it further as many see it as "your fault" for getting it while corona is spread through day to day, "innocent" human contact. People will get it without doing risky activities like unprotected sex, If you dont put yourself in that danger, you probably wont get it
We're no longer at the peak of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Most people in the developed world have access to treatment for HIV. Within 6 months almost everyone on that treatment is undetectable and therefore transmissible. They can no longer pass it on, unless they stop treatment.
Also transmission rates for HIV are much lower, even if you do engage in risky sexual activity you might not get it
Theres more ways to prevent hiv, condoms and PrEP treatment
Firstly, who it affects - HIV/AIDS is most prominent in the gay and bi male community as well as in black communities. Already marginalised communities tend to be ignored. Other people dismiss it as something they simply wont get
HIV is transmitted through sex and sometimes sharing of needles. This stigmatises it further as many see it as "your fault" for getting it while corona is spread through day to day, "innocent" human contact. People will get it without doing risky activities like unprotected sex, If you dont put yourself in that danger, you probably wont get it
We're no longer at the peak of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Most people in the developed world have access to treatment for HIV. Within 6 months almost everyone on that treatment is undetectable and therefore transmissible. They can no longer pass it on, unless they stop treatment.
Also transmission rates for HIV are much lower, even if you do engage in risky sexual activity you might not get it
Theres more ways to prevent hiv, condoms and PrEP treatment
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Also people on this thread are being pretty rude. HIV has never gotten the new coverage it deserved and is so heavily stigmatised. The treatment isnt an easy or "soft" treatment and is something you need to take every single day for the rest of your life. Left untreated it kills.
HIV has always been dismissed as something that you get through fault of your own but life isnt that simple. I do think people should be more wary of HIV because one bad decision is enough to infect you. Its a life long health condition and although not a death sentence, its not an easy diagnosis to receive x
HIV has always been dismissed as something that you get through fault of your own but life isnt that simple. I do think people should be more wary of HIV because one bad decision is enough to infect you. Its a life long health condition and although not a death sentence, its not an easy diagnosis to receive x
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(Original post by Chdy gung)
Why now days people they are not afraid with Hiv/Aids but the afraid at corona and froghet Hiv/Aids that is still a live and has no treatment too??
Why now days people they are not afraid with Hiv/Aids but the afraid at corona and froghet Hiv/Aids that is still a live and has no treatment too??
Very rarely do we have people dying of AIDs in the UK nowadays.
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(Original post by ----_----)
Also people on this thread are being pretty rude. HIV has never gotten the new coverage it deserved and is so heavily stigmatised. The treatment isnt an easy or "soft" treatment and is something you need to take every single day for the rest of your life. Left untreated it kills.
HIV has always been dismissed as something that you get through fault of your own but life isnt that simple. I do think people should be more wary of HIV because one bad decision is enough to infect you. Its a life long health condition and although not a death sentence, its not an easy diagnosis to receive x
Also people on this thread are being pretty rude. HIV has never gotten the new coverage it deserved and is so heavily stigmatised. The treatment isnt an easy or "soft" treatment and is something you need to take every single day for the rest of your life. Left untreated it kills.
HIV has always been dismissed as something that you get through fault of your own but life isnt that simple. I do think people should be more wary of HIV because one bad decision is enough to infect you. Its a life long health condition and although not a death sentence, its not an easy diagnosis to receive x
Spoken like someone born this side of 2000...
HIV has had LOTS of news coverage for many years...much of it before you were born I imagine.
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(Original post by Chdy gung)
Why now days people they are not afraid with Hiv/Aids but the afraid at corona and froghet Hiv/Aids that is still a live and has no treatment too??
Why now days people they are not afraid with Hiv/Aids but the afraid at corona and froghet Hiv/Aids that is still a live and has no treatment too??
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(Original post by Jamie)
"HIV has never gotten the news coverage it deserved"
Spoken like someone born this side of 2000...
HIV has had LOTS of news coverage for many years...much of it before you were born I imagine.
"HIV has never gotten the news coverage it deserved"
Spoken like someone born this side of 2000...
HIV has had LOTS of news coverage for many years...much of it before you were born I imagine.
Very few topics get the news coverage they deserve, its almost always very biased and uninformative. You could, and I would, argue even coronavirus hasnt gotten a fair news coverage but Id definitely say its been more just than HIV, especially in the early days of HIV
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You can catch COVID from shaking hands, touching a dirty doorknob or having someone infected cough in the same room
The number of COVID cases in a community doubles in less than a week if you don't do a lockdown... This doesn't mean the number of cases doubles and then it stops. it means it doubles and then doubles again and then doubles again and then doubles again and then doubles again... and in a month it's an emergency that's out of control
new cases of AIDS are on the way down around the world and have been for years - but you should still try not to catch it
The number of COVID cases in a community doubles in less than a week if you don't do a lockdown... This doesn't mean the number of cases doubles and then it stops. it means it doubles and then doubles again and then doubles again and then doubles again and then doubles again... and in a month it's an emergency that's out of control
new cases of AIDS are on the way down around the world and have been for years - but you should still try not to catch it
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(Original post by Jamie)
"HIV has never gotten the news coverage it deserved"
Spoken like someone born this side of 2000...
HIV has had LOTS of news coverage for many years...much of it before you were born I imagine.
"HIV has never gotten the news coverage it deserved"
Spoken like someone born this side of 2000...
HIV has had LOTS of news coverage for many years...much of it before you were born I imagine.
Which is partly why the number of new cases is now going down everywhere
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It's much easier to avoid catching HIV than Covid 19. And Covid kills within days to weeks, whereas if you are on suppressive therapy for HIV, you won't go on to develop AIDS and you can live a relatively normal life with a normal life expectancy.
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(Original post by ----_----)
HIV has never gotten the new coverage it deserved and is so heavily stigmatised. The treatment isnt an easy or "soft" treatment and is something you need to take every single day for the rest of your life. Left untreated it kills.
HIV has never gotten the new coverage it deserved and is so heavily stigmatised. The treatment isnt an easy or "soft" treatment and is something you need to take every single day for the rest of your life. Left untreated it kills.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51804454
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HIV only spreads through sexual contact, right? COVID-19 has got an incredibly strong transmission rate and can eaisly be transmitted. Boom
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(Original post by ----_----)
It was heavily stigmatised news coverage.
Very few topics get the news coverage they deserve, its almost always very biased and uninformative. You could, and I would, argue even coronavirus hasnt gotten a fair news coverage but Id definitely say its been more just than HIV, especially in the early days of HIV
It was heavily stigmatised news coverage.
Very few topics get the news coverage they deserve, its almost always very biased and uninformative. You could, and I would, argue even coronavirus hasnt gotten a fair news coverage but Id definitely say its been more just than HIV, especially in the early days of HIV
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...F+AIDS+adverts
BBC report:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15886670
Tom Hanks Oscar winning movie:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107818/
BBC documantary:
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