Comments on: HIV/AIDS groups call for more funding to combat AIDS in African Americans

By: Michael C

Michael C — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:04:52 +0000

I back this idea 100% HIV virus doesn’t
care about your race, gender, sex orientation. There is a cure out there and it has to be found.
Mike C.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:55:41 +0000

Freshly bought condoms could possible reduce some of this tragedy aside from the cleanliness issue of keeping fecal matter from touching the skin of the penis or getting inside of the meatus or opening of the male urethra at the very end of the penis everytime the penis is moved in the rectum causing the penile opening to push open and pull close possible trapping some of the fecal matter little inside the top of the urethra. Aside from ejaculating semen that could be transmitting various kinds of viruses etc through another man’s rectum into other areas of his body.

All this inconvenience, devastating illness and the financial drain from trying to stay alive and somewhat well, all because it didn’t contribute the spontaneity and heat of the moment to both with a PRESERVATIVE, which is my idea of how a condom works, Kind of like, shall we say preserving a few lives from getting lost?

We have yet to cure HIV/AIDS once contracted by a man or a woman. And once you have that virus, even though you might be able to reduce the viral load to undetectable, you could still INFECT SOMEONE ELSE.

Not a very nice outcome. Why not save a lifetime of anguish and of thinking of how your life could have been if only you spent some bucks for a package of condoms and used them as directed and while still fresh and not lying around even while still in the package unused for months.

But since I am human, I keep fresh ones around just in case for a short while, throw them away to prevent staleness and get new ones.

I rather be safe than sorry in case unplanned temptation hits, which for me is rare as I have a plan to meet a future committed partner and I have been able to stick to that for months. But common sense has me keeping fresh condoms around at all times, as I would rather do that should the unplanned happen than spend years broke, taking very expensive meds, and fighting for my life hoping I can keep HIV/AIDS from becoming full blown.

Condoms or anguish over what could bave been prevented? which one? I will choose condoms every time.

By: Sarrellec

Sarrellec — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:34:20 +0000

You know what?
What’s the deal here?
Are black men in particular supposed to be incapable of reading or watching TV or what?
The information about AIDS/HIV has been out here for nearly twenty years. Are black men being restricted from acquiring this information?
Or do black men require some kind of micro-management due to…what?…something we’re not supposed to say because if we state the obvious, we’re racists?
At some point, if MEN–black, white, whatever–insist on engaging in willful ignorance, then they suffer the consequences of their willful actions.
Why should the rest of us continue to throw money at them? Enough’s enough.
The information is available to EVERYONE and has been for a very long time.
They CHOOSE to ignore it, then it’s their problem and we should devote our time and energy to other things.