EPISODE 119 "ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME"

If you don't know what the name of the show is, you need to read more often. Because if you are black, which most of my demographic is, then you probably have encountered someone who knows EXACTLY what the hell it is. It is the clinical name for AIDS. Yesterday was world AIDS day and all this week there have been specials about the disease on TV , the Internet , and Radio. There is no cure so they say for this disease. They also say aliens don't exist. I don't believe either one. Before you develop the AIDS virus you become HIV positive, the early stages of the disease. If you catch it early in that stage you have a better chance of living a longer without it becoming AIDS. But being HIV positive in the black community is a rising trend. There are many reasons why it hit's certain groups of people more than it does others. If you ask me the POOR are the ones that get hit the hardest for a very simple reason: they cant afford health care for early detection, they are more likely to use hard drugs, and they are the least educated. Since black people by percentage have far more poor than everyone else, it only makes sense it hits us the hardest. This epidemic is serious and there are many things that can be done to prevent it, like having shows like this for starters. So here goes: Do you or did you know someone that is HIV positive or has AIDS or died from it? If so how did it effect you? Do you get tested frequently for this disease? Why do you think the black community is the number one group of people the disease is spreading? Where do you think this disease actually originated? Do you think there will ever be a cure? Do you ever have unprotected sex (married or not!) If so, knowing the risk, what is the REAL REASON that you do? Do you think homosexuals should get extra blame for the spread of the disease?