[Mouton]

I had a PCP who was completely frank with me. He said I would not worry about aids as you are not a fag and are not in certain minority group. Your chance for aids is almost zero but due to current political enviornment I am required to tell you to be safe. I really liked that PCP who was of Chinese ancestry.

[MrB]

Just curious, would a “certain minority group” be more susceptible because of genetics or behaviors?

If the latter, then you wouldn’t even have to worry about being in “a certain minority group” if you didn’t participate in the risky behaviors that contract AIDS.

[dfwgator]

“Come on ev’rybody we’ve got quilting to do...”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yC7HwPh6Es

[sakic]

Pretty accurate for men. Totally inaccurate for women.

[Marcella]

During the time the blood supply was not safe as the AIDS contamination of the supply had started, I had to have a hysterectomy. In that area of a woman's body blood vessels are everywhere to be able to support the growth of a child.

I was surprised when the surgeon told me he would not give me blood even if I bled too much. He would only give me a transfusion if my life was in danger. He couldn't count on the blood or plasma to be safe from AIDS.

I did lose more blood than he wanted as he told me after the surgery it would be longer for me to get my strength back as my body would be making blood to fill up that loss.

Thank goodness he took the contamination of blood seriously as I wouldn't have known to tell him not to give me blood.

Some time in the past several years, I read some homosexuals in California were getting AIDS on purpose so they wouldn't have to keep worrying about getting it. They figured with the better medicines we have now to keep it from killing them soon, just get AIDS, take the meds and go on with their sexual life as they wanted.