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Today is World AIDS Day and the 30th anniversary of HIV/AIDS prevention programs.
There’s good news: Young men are no longer attending funerals more than then their grandparents.
But while life-saving medicine hides the physical signs of AIDS, it also masks the ugliness of the politics, infighting and sanitised messages to appease constituents surrounding it. Meanwhile, HIV infections are up 8 per cent nationally.
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There has been a 50 per cent increase in HIV cases over the past decade in Australia. So what are we going to do about it?
The biggest bang for our buck will be getting people who have HIV on treatment. The data suggests only around 50 per cent of people with HIV in Australia are on HIV treatment, yet it is becoming increasingly clear that virtually all people with HIV should consider taking treatment to benefit their health and wellbeing.
Untreated HIV is bad at all stages of the disease. Also, taking HIV treatment can significantly reduce the risk of passing on HIV to others.
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Pattem says:
@JB. what’s to stop someone denied the chance to euthanise from admitting themself into a Palliative Care Unit? I am not being facetious but asking because I do not know the answer. Read more »
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Pattem says:
@Kika, pregnancy contributes to the social well being of any nation. Regardless of it being a choice I cannot see how you can lump it in the same category as AIDS contracted as a result if promiscuity. They’re chalk and cheese. Read more »
At the moment, we’re all spending a lot of time debating gay marriage and climate change. Meanwhile, other issues aren’t being debated as vigorously as they might be.
Today The Punch team has each selected two issues which get us hot under the collar, and which we feel deserve more airplay.
What are your thoughts on the issues we’ve chosen? And what other issues do you think we should all be talking about?
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Taylor Jay says:
If Magic Johnson has had AIDS for over 20 years, he must have spent most of it in hospital. AIDS itself is more an umbrella term for several different criteria that a patient may meet in regards to the progression of their HIV infection; usually signifying a highly advanced stage,… Read more »
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LC says:
As for the possible solution proposed by ThePunch’s team “Insurance companies are severe on drivers under 25. Their premiums are often double that of older drivers. Maybe the penalties should be twice as hard for under-25s too.” This does more harm than good. The through-the-roof premiums for newer, SAFER cars… Read more »
The recent resurfacing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda, or the “Kill the Gays” Bill as it is notoriously referred to, has been a timely reminder of how homophobia remains a threat to human dignity. So how do sexuality, national politics and human rights align?
In numerous places around the world, homosexuality remains a site of intense political and social anxiety. Despite sexual orientation becoming a valid focus of international human rights law, over 80 countries around the world continue to criminalise homosexuality.
Uganda is now reconsidering legislation that would enhance the criminal penalties that already exist for people who engage consensual same-sex relationships. This may also include the death penalty for offences that are deemed to be of an “aggravated” nature.
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Grey UGGs says:
It’s very thoughtful of you.I’m happy to meet youMe too.I wonder if they can make itI was taking care of Sally.Linda speaks as if she were a boss.Guess what? Time is more valuable than money.Any day will do.You may choose whatever you like. Read more »
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Jason Todd says:
To be fair David, the US Evangelicals that I know of that support the legislation in Uganda have said that their support is conditional on the death penalty being removed. Having said that, I still find it deplorable that they would support legislation that sanctions the imprisonment of homosexuals, but… Read more »
For one of the world’s most powerful men Pope Benedict has a big problem with clear communication.
Health experts around the world have rejoiced at a hint from the Pope that it kinda, sorta, maybe could be better for a male prostitute with AIDS to use a condom when having sex.
The Vatican has been quick to clear up that it’s not official teaching so headlines such as “Vatican makes first concession on condom use”, in one paper this morning seem a little hasty.
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Kika says:
Because all the scourges of the world are women’s responsibilty. Remember, they are the source of original sin? Man was once pure and innocent and were corrupted by a foul evil woman. When will the RCC ever care about women’s rights? hahaha. Never. Read more »
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Robert S McCormick says:
Any method which even offers an 80% safety factor is better than none. Total Abstinence, though it will ensure non-transmission of any diseases or stop the risk of falling pregnant is for the most part a pipe-dream. Have a look around at all those 10s or 1000s of Priests, Monks… Read more »
A new front in the immigration debate opened up in the last week as the media grabbed hold of proposed changes to migration law to deliver a sensationalist warning of alleged “loop-holes” that will supposedly lead to an influx of chronically ill foreign workers.
The alarmist reporting on efforts to engage the community in tackling the complex issue of migration policy for people with disability is disappointing on several levels - particularly as there were serious factual errors underpinning the arguments.
Suggestions that the Government had widened a “loop-hole” and “loosened” its grip on migration policy for migrants with HIV and cancer not only played to political fear-mongering that Australia has lost control of its migration policy, it also negatively stereotyped people with disability as non-taxpayers who constitute a drain on society and the economy.
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poz X says:
I am positive and can understand people feeling this way about us. If you catch an untreatable (however) communicble disease only loved ones can bear you. Everyone else will keeps their distance. Its instinct. I used to see this amongst my grandfathers cattle. We could quickly tell which animal was… Read more »
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sela says:
well no one wana be sick if ausie got me sick then why cant i stay if i was just living my life like all of us?i had sex condom broke,cheating boyfriend,suck dicks isnt it what we all do?overseas student bring money to this country we work hard to pay… Read more »
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