May 26, 2013

HIV and Us: Victim of the stoppable, unstoppable disease

Imagine if HIV were an airborne virus? Next time someone next to you on campus sneezed, you could be infected with deadly and incurable disease. And what about mosquito bites? A holiday in Thailand might not seem so appealing then…Would we have developed a cure if the problem was so easily transmitted? Or would be living in a nightmarish dystopia of quarantine and detention centres? Luckily, HIV is not airborne, and despite constant mutations in the virus it is unlikely to ever be as contagious as flu or the common cold. Perhaps just as luckily, the … [Read more...]

Educate yourself about HIV/AIDS

In three-decades since the emergence of the HIV/AIDS, it has grown from an epidemic to a pandemic. While I can only speak for myself, I can say that this is a topic that I do not think about every day. Yet for many others, whether directly confronted or indirectly affected, HIV/AIDS is something that is relentless and constantly on their minds. This is an issue that has not gone away. There are no veritable vaccines and the medications and programs that treat it are limited to those who can afford treatment. Do you sometimes wonder what’s going on with … [Read more...]