Technically, HIV is no more fatal than any other disease. It can (but doesn't always) cause AIDS, which allows other diseases to kill you. If this indirect fatality makes HIV fatal, then so are quite a few other STDs that indirectly cause death.Only one STD is both incurable AND fatal, and that is HIV,
Or require parters be tested? Testing partners is no substitute for a condom, and unless you quarentine them for the full incubation period of the virus (about three months, I believe), there's no guarantee they won't pick it up in the few months between tests.which can be prevented with proper condom use or requiring partners to be tested before having sex.
The same is true for HIV - contracting the disease is no longer the life-crippling, dead-within-the-decade problem it used to be. It's still a very serious problem, but in the West, at least, drugs can maintain a HIV+ person's lifespan to normality (that is, they're no longer likely to prematurely die, at least not of HIV), and deleterious symptoms are now manageable.There are a little under 50,000 new cases of HIV every year, a scant .2% of the 19 million infections contracted yearly, and representing .1% of the American population of apprx. 317 million people. (That's one tenth of one percent, not one whole percent, in case you're a little math rusty.)
All other STDs either cause discomfort that can be alleviated with medicine, or can be cured outright.
I couldn't agree moreAccording to the CDC, in 2008 the deaths caused by HIV were 4 per 100,000 people, or about 12,000 in the whole country. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2008 there were 37,261 deaths by car crashes.
So, if we're going to base our morality on unintended consequences, why isn't anyone else declaring driving automobiles to be immoral? Clearly the death and pain caused to tens of thousands of families yearly is a sign from god that we were never mean to move faster than we can run!
Or require parters be tested? Testing partners is no substitute for a condom, and unless you quarentine them for the full incubation period of the virus (about three months, I believe), there's no guarantee they won't pick it up in the few months between tests.
Again, it's still very serious, and I don't want to sound like I'm diminishing that. But the fact remains that the sympotoms of HIV are manageable, contrary to your claim.
AgreedTrue, I should have put 'and' in there. It's safest to do both.
You said that other STDs are either curable, or have discomfort which can be alleviated, the implication being that HIV fits into neither category, when in fact it fits in the latter.Technically, I never claimed it was unmanageable, just incurable.
Hair splitting is a national pastime in the UKI suppose it would have been clearer to say 'All other STDs ONLY cause discomfort etc. etc.' but I feel like you're splitting hairs here. On the other hand, it only supports my argument, so split away. ;3
like i have said sex is beautiful when your married. i waited and so to me waiting was wonderful and the love making felt great and i felt no shame or embarasment or regret at all. talking to friends of mine who have had sex before married lot of them had mixed some where ok some where not some broke up etc. to me sex is beautiful when your married
STD Trends in the United States, 2010
Assuming you trust the Centers for Disease Control, which I assume will come under attack directly as a right wing, conservative Christian organization for having such inflammatory information on its website.
All.
100%.
Preventable.
Sex is one of the most regulated activities in human history, all across the globe. There are very good reasons to take sex very seriously. For whatever reason, to most in our culture, it's all just a big joke.
Our attitude towards it in modern times ranks among some of the most disgusting and self destructive attitudes towards sex ever.
Of course there may be needle sticks or contaminated blood, but we could screen everyone and strictly quarantine those found to be infected. We could wipe out HIV and other STD's. But people would rather not take the required measures.
Like many social ills, we would rather tolerate the consequences than endure the prevention.
Only one STD is both incurable AND fatal, and that is HIV, which can be prevented with proper condom use or requiring partners to be tested before having sex. There are a little under 50,000 new cases of HIV every year, a scant .2% of the 19 million infections contracted yearly, and representing .1% of the American population of apprx. 317 million people. (That's one tenth of one percent, not one whole percent, in case you're a little math rusty.)
All other STDs either cause discomfort that can be alleviated with medicine, or can be cured outright.
According to the CDC, in 2008 the deaths caused by HIV were 4 per 100,000 people, or about 12,000 in the whole country. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2008 there were 37,261 deaths by car crashes.
So, if we're going to base our morality on unintended consequences, why isn't anyone else declaring driving automobiles to be immoral? Clearly the death and pain caused to tens of thousands of families yearly is a sign from god that we were never mean to move faster than we can run!
Our attitude towards it in modern times ranks among some of the most disgusting and self destructive attitudes towards transportation ever.
Loosing virginity before marriage actually makes one feel guilty of themselves.
if you really love eachother you can wait til you marry before you have sex with eachother.
Yes, it can, Gad.If you really love each other, having sex before marriage doesn't induce guilt
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