This week I was talking to a friend about HIV and they told me an urban legend or maybe a true story that I thought was really scary. In the story there was a man who took a girl home and had sex with her. When he woke up in the morning she was gone. He walked into his bathroom and written on the mirror in lipstick was "Welcome to the wonderful world of AIDS." I thought this story was really scary and could really make someone think twice about taking strangers home. But connecting it to our question of the week I think that this is an example where the tracking system could help. If this girl is going around doing this to strangers they could track her down and stop it from happening.
Also, this weekend, I was at a friend's house and he had a gay magazine. I read the magazine and there were ads for HIV medicine through the whole thing. I wondered why there were so many in the gay magazine and you never see any in straight magazines even though HIV is just as common in straight people.
Did you Know:
During 2005, the percentages of the race of people diagnosed with HIV were as follows: 66% black, 17% white, 14% Hispanic, 1% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native. (CDC, 2008.) As we all probably know black women were the highest percentage. I was still surprised to hear that more white people were diagnosed than Hispanic.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2008, August 3). HIV/AIDS Among Women. Retrieved October 12, 2009, from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/women/resources/factsheets/women.htm.
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Hi Holly,
ReplyDeleteI think the reason HIV medication ads are in the gay magazines is because its still considered very much a gay disease. HIV/AIDS medication ads in pages of straight magazines probably will not happen any time soon though. It scares people to know that they have a possibility of contracting the disease so why push the issue. Out of sight out of mind... ya know.