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storm0210 (m)
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STOP!!! DONT YOU FOR ONE MINUTE ASSUME YOU KNOW WHAT IM ABOUT TO SAY ,
I HAVE A PROBLEM, I WAS WATCHING TV AND THERE WAS DIS ADVERT ON HIV/AIDS ABOUT A LADY WHO WAS BASICALLY TELLIN NIGERIANS THAT SHE IS INFECTED (SORRY LIVING POSITIVE), SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO STOP DISCRIMINATING AND BEGIN TREATING HER WITH LOVE. I STOPPED FOR A MOMENT AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHY WONT PEOPLE TREAT YOU LIKE A VIRUS WHEN THEY WERE MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE VIRUS IS DEADLY BLA BLA BLA
THINK ABT IT, WE DIDNT KNW WAT HIV/AIDS WAS, THEY TOT US, THEY EXPLAINED TO US THE DANGERS OF HAVING INDISCRIMINATE SEX. THEY SHOWED US THAT ONCE WE HAD THE VIRUS WE WERE AS GOOD AS DEAD. THERE WAS NO CURE, NO TREATMENT. DEATH WAS D END PRODUCT OF THE INFECTION. THEY INFECTED OUR MINDS AND OUR BELIEFS SO THAT WE WOULD STOP HAVING SEX, BUT IF WE NEEDED TO THEN WE MUST WEAR A CONDOM BECOS You CAN TELL WHO HAS THIS DEADLY VIRUS.
YEARS AFTER, PEOPLE NOW TEST CANDIDATES BEFORE THEY ARE EMPLOYED, NO ONE WANTS TO EMPLOY A PAITENT WHO IS GOING TO DIE. THEY HAVE NOW TURNED AROUND TO SAY ITS DISCRIMINATION. PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ARE HUMAN BEINGS. WELL I SAY, ALL YOU HIV/AIDS WORKERS, PEER EDUCATORS, THE MEDIA, NGO'S, RIPE THE FRIUT OF YOUR LABOUR, You GAVE US THE EDUCATION NOW WE ARE JUDGING BY OUR STANDARD.
THINK ABT IT, SOMEON WHO HAS CANCER IS A SICK PERSON, DEATH IS NEAR BUT THEIR FAMILIES SUPPORT THEM THRU IT, THE PERSON WHO IS DIABETIC ALSO HAS A SERIOUS ILLNESS DAT HE/SHE MUST STRUGGLE WIT THRU OUR THEIR LIVES. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, MALARIA, ALL THESE CAN KILL, SO WHY IS THE SENSITISATION ON HIV/AIDS SO ENORMOUS THAT IT CORRUPTS THE MINDS OF PEOPLE AGAINST PEOPLE. ITS NO LONGER THE VIRUS WE ARE FIGHTING, ITS ACCEPTING THE PEOPLE WITH THE VIRUS THAT HAS BECOME THE VIRUS.
IM NOT SCHOLAR, OR DOCTOR. JUST A YOUNG MAN WATCHING TV AND I THINK ITS ALL A MESS.
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