World AIDS Day
Dec. 1st, 2004 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fredericksToday is World AIDS Day. If you want numbers on how devastating AIDS is around the world, click here.
HIV is not something "they" pick up. WE are they. Everyone with HIV is a victim, no matter how they've contracted it. Wear condoms. Use dental dams. Utilize needle exchanges. Tell your friends to do the same. Just because the news media isn't covering it as much doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
For those so inclined, there are a number of HIV vaccine studies in the works around the country, most likely around where you live. A standard FAQ for those studies can be found here.
Live. Learn. Love. Be safe.
HIV is not something "they" pick up. WE are they. Everyone with HIV is a victim, no matter how they've contracted it. Wear condoms. Use dental dams. Utilize needle exchanges. Tell your friends to do the same. Just because the news media isn't covering it as much doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
For those so inclined, there are a number of HIV vaccine studies in the works around the country, most likely around where you live. A standard FAQ for those studies can be found here.
Live. Learn. Love. Be safe.
