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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / AIDS / September 2005West Nile vs. HIV
I just moved to the SF Bay Area and in the last few days the local media had been in utter hysterics over the first reported cases of West Nile virus in the city. One case in SF and last night another case in a nearby community. No birds have tested positive so far, so it is believed they contracted the virus elsewhere, possibly Sacramento. Anyway, the hysterical media reported the grim statistics, that while most people suffer mild flu-like symptoms, 1 in 1500 can actually DIE from the virus! It's especially disturbing because people with HIV are at increased risk of dying from it. Naturally, the fact that HIV kills 1500 out of 1500 who contract it is lost on the local media, they don't care at all. Tens of thousands of people in the city carry HIV and are spreading it a record rates, no big deal. ONE person with West Nile (and it isn't believed to be transmissable directly person to person) and utter hysteria. And my guess is that the hysteria over it is only because it has a disproportionate impact on AIDS patients. > I just moved to the SF Bay Area and in the last few days the local media had > been in utter hysterics over the first reported cases of West Nile virus in > the city. Dear Uncle Jimbo, It is understandable that locals are hysterical about west nile. Its arrival means it is here (there) to stay and never to leave. Most people infected with HIV are at no greater or lesser risk of catching the disease but they are at a slightly higher risk of having their health more compromised if they turn out to be one of the few people who have a predisposition for west nile complications that could ultimately result in death in rare circumstances. But you and your buddies and sweethearts have to do the same thing as every other person in the Bay Area just like people with HIV, you have to wear long sleeves, wear insect repellent and hope for the best. maybe the mosquitoes will wear condoms so as not to infect their partner. > maybe the mosquitoes will wear condoms so as not to infect their > partner. LOL! While the condomless sex club internet-spawned SF fuckfest continues unabated, somebody in the San Francisco Health Department is actually worried about a silly-assed mosquito bite! "Susie" <nomail@please.com> wrote... > While the condomless sex club internet-spawned SF fuckfest continues > unabated, somebody in the San Francisco Health Department is > actually worried about a silly-assed mosquito bite! Which was my point in the original message. And I was listening to the TV in the background earlier and they did a local edition segment talking about the budget crisis facing the federal Ryan White program that guarantees payment for HIV drugs. The person being interviewed expressed her deep concern over the budget crisis, how it would especially affect nearby San Francisco (but conveniently didn't mention why). My thought was that if they are facing a budget crisis then they should be working as hard as they can to prevent as many new HIV infections as possible so the limited Ryan White funds can be used to continue treating the existing AIDS patients. Of course that thought is heresy, the only possible solution is to get the feds to dump yet another trillion dollars on the program. >"Susie" <nomail@please.com> wrote... >> While the condomless sex club internet-spawned SF fuckfest continues [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >new HIV infections as possible so the limited Ryan White funds can >be used to continue treating the existing AIDS patients. The concept of prevention is well taken, however, it was obvious very long ago that the SF Health Dept was probably a silent partner for all the sex clubs and internet "hook up" sites. Something to do with job security for those sleazebags. After all, EVERYONE knows how even the mention of the word "condom" doesn't get the "date" - or worse (like, what the f.ck ELSE do you got?) |
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