Oh yes, lets all get tested before every sex act. Lets all also ignore the fact that sometimes condoms break. Lets also ignore all the people that this virus was transmitted to because of simple accidents.
Since the disease is not just transmitted by sexual activity, you statement doesn't even apply to all aids cases. If you live a high-risk sexual lifestyle, homosexual man, promiscuous sex with many unknown partners, swinging, etc. Then yes, you should be getting regular testing done.
Do you have any statistic of how many cases are caused by condom breakage? How much of that breakage is caused by improper use of the condom? How many get the disease by accident?
U.S. Statistics newest statics given.
Only approximately 1.2 million current cases in the US today. What percentage of our population is that?
Of new cases,
61% are Homosexual men or men engaged in sex acts with other men.
9% Intravenous drug users
3% homosexual male intravenous drug users
27% Heterosexual
Of the heterosexuals, there is no break down on how they got it, or rather I haven't found a breakdown for it. How many of those are involved in activities such as swinging, multiple unprotected partners, prostitution, etc.
So those getting it by accident while not involved in high-risk activities is very small. Definitely less that 324,000 individuals in the US. (27% of the 1.2 million infected statistic)
After all, those that are irresponsible are sub-human and don't deserve simple human compassion...amiright?
Compassion is not a governmental function. If you are so compassionate about it, how much do you donate to aids research?
Generally, my compassion is for the innocent victim, not someone suffering deprivations from their own actions. In the specific case of aids, we are talking about fare less than 300 thousand individuals out of a population of over 300 million. Those who get it accidentally are less than only .001% of the population. During a time of budgetary crises, such as exist today, this is not a significant number to justify any government spending. If we had the money to spend, no deficit, no debt, the vast majority of sufferers were victims instead of idiots, and a cure has been found for all diseases not primarily caused by personal actions, then maybe it would be ok for the government to spend on it.
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This thread shows just how prevalent greed is in our society.
Since greed is not in anyway associated with my stance, I am not for sure how it is relevant to this thread.