Comments on: HIV Scare At Missouri High School

Tests Conducted Over Fears That Up To 50 Teens At Suburban St. Louis School May Be Infected

[myopinion381]

Ignorant? Me? I dont have aids. Posted by gop_will_win at 11:34 AM

I have seen you post some nasty comments before but I don''t think you even top that one. IDIOT!!!

[gop_will_win]

gop_will_win: Do you know exactly how ignorant you sound?

If I were to argue one side of your arguement, the Bible says we''''re all sinners, so get over it. try a little compassion for all those who are scared out of their minds right now.

that''''s what Republicans are supposed to be, right? compassionate? (not that I have ever agreed with that sentiment).


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Posted by usnjake
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Ignorant? Me? I dont have aids.

[myopinion381]

caldwellptr - I completely agree with you. Would be nice if people would quit preaching about only sinners getting HIV and work on programs that assist with the understanding of the disease.

[caldwellptr]

I was surprised to read that HIV carries a stigma and ostracization still. The picture of HIV painted here must be frightening exactly at the same time as the folks need comforting and understanding.

[gramto8]

You see, the trick here is that her ''''boyfriend'''' does NOT have HIV! Thats the prevention part!

And YOU have the nerve to call others ignorant? Are you sure that kettle is black?

Posted by DaVicar1 at 10:46 AM : Oct 24, 2008

Vicar
How do you know that? How would Bristol know that? Even if they took a test just before they had se.x and it had come back HIV-, he could be in the window of time between his infection and the time that the virus would show on any test. That window can be from 2 weeks to 6 months or even longer in a few cases.

[gramto8]

This affects so many more people than just those infected. There may have been 50 teens in that gymnasium, but the impact will hit hundreds of people. Its seems so easy to just dismiss this, and say things like ''''kids think they are invinceable''''.

We either need to spend the time and money on this type of education, or we will be spending it on grief counselors.

Posted by DaVicar1 at 10:24 AM : Oct 24, 2008

You have finally said something with which I wholeheartedly agree!! Kids need more information than ''Just say no'' to learn about HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy. The more good information, meaning scientifically-true, age-related material, the kids can get, the better it will be all around.

However, the grief counselors are needed at various stages of the process in regards to the HIV disaster. Believe me on this. I know the hard way.
You feel like your world has come to an end when you find out this has happened to your family. It doesn''t matter what the mode of infection is, the fact that your loved one has this disease is one event that is comparable to the death of a family member in its attack on your psyche.

[myopinion381]

To everyone that keeps pulling politics into this article (and almost every article that has NOTHING to do with politics), it''s getting old. If the rest of us posting about an article want to read the political *** we will go to those articles.

[zertrat]

What is the news here?
Nothing but the faintest smoke of gossip. One unspecified infected person in the community tells a story the details of which are entirely unknown to the media and for which there is no confirmation. Everyone goes bonkos.

[liberalme]

NOBODY EVER got HIV from having unprotected secks!
You get HIV from contact with an infected carrier!

Posted by DaVicar1 at 10

Wow that''s brilliant!!!! Let me phrase that so someone like you can comprehend----
HIV is contageous via fluids--blood and bodily fluids, such as seman--soooooo if a young girl (Bristol Palin) had unprotected s ex (which she did) if her boyfiend also had aids, she would have also gotten hiv as well as pregnant, thus exposing a child to the virus as well.

There are also many who have gotten the virus from blood transfusions--

Most viruses and infections are transmittable through an infected carrier davicar---that just plain logical.

[bryantangels]

For a disease thats just shy of 100% preventable? Its pretty easy to be judgemental.


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Posted by DaVicar1 at 10:19 AM : Oct 24, 2008
You sound like an ignorant idiot. Married persons are also being infected because they don''t feel there''s a need for protection. ANYONE can be infected regardless of race, age, education, ethnicity, ***,whatever. HIV infection doesn''t necessarily speak to one''s morality. So tell us how a person who thinks they''re in a mutually monagamus relationship contracts the virus since it''s virtually 100% preventable?