Posted on 07/09/2007 11:09:29 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
Yep, the HIV, had it gotten into the water, would be killed faster than any fecal micro-organism in the chlorinated pool water. If anything, the child was probably more at risk of infection due to other children than the other way around.
Yep, siding on the side of caution! :)
Carolyn
Clorine kills HIV on conctact, as do many common household disinfectants. If HIV was active in water 5 minutes after introduction, I highly doubt the water was chlorinated, or if it was, to the proper levels.
Fact is simply those toddlers in those swimming diapers pose far greater risk of infecting other bathers than an HIV+ person in a pool.
EColi has been spread in pools by just such things, HIV never has.
Ever see a two year old bite somebody? Think about it!
Exactly!
Sheer HIV ignorance run amok...
HIV transmission by pool water is laughable, and fear of it is ignorant beyond belief.
From the Smartest Kid in class..
I’m sure Skynrd is deeply worried,,
LOL!
“We’re the gu’mmint; we’re here to hep”.
Yeah, we’re NOT supposed to trust the government schools, but, we’re supposed to take their word on everything else! LMAO!
You could cite me every piece of scientific evidence you wanted, and it would be just MY luck to catch it anyway because of random chance.
I will never win the lottery, but a billion to 1 chance of contracting a deadly disease? That's when I'd hit the proverbial jackpot.....LOL
No kidding. I’ll stick to the ocean, thank you.
” FREE BIRD “
To think of all the times your family has been ‘In contact’ with someone with HIV/Hepatitis and any of the other illnesses out there makes you statement more laughable. For every person that tells everyone they have a disease, there are 5 that don’t tell or don’t know yet.
"We weren't sure if somebody could get the virus if the child upchucked on them or from blood or what," said Ken Zadnichek, the park's owner. "We didn't know what the risk was. That's why we asked for something from their doctor or the county health department."In other words, these loathesome old people were fishing for somebody to sue, and they found one. They knew full well that HIV+ no longer refers to just a medical condition; it refers to a protected class. That's why they went to the press instead of the doctor to solve their problem.Dick Glover said the request for a doctor's note made it clear Caleb was unwelcome.
And do you think those two are going to adopt a toddler, HIV status or not? Look at their photo and think again.
See post #111, have a good laugh, I don’t mind. :-)
If the woman did not run off at the mouth about things that were no-one’s business but her own, then this whole mess would have never gotten started.
But true to form of any self-serving person, she wanted to be patted on the back for doing a good deed by trying to adopt this poor boy with HIV.
The true measure of charity is not the pat on the back from others but doing so in anonymity and from the heart.
I don’t think so ... depite the spin on the story, the kid was not banned. The owner asked for an assurance from a competent authority about the risk involved (either to other swimmers, the child, or both). Since I doubt this guy has much chance to stay abreast of the medical literature, that seems the prudent thing to do. Safety first. NOW, if the parents had the family doctor fax a note that there was no danger, and the child was still not permitted to swin that would be another thing. But I don’t think it is a hanging offense to want assurance that someone with a deadly communicable disease will not pose a danger to themselves or others. Had he just let the kid swim, and the kid picked up a virus that his compromised immune system couldn’t fight, he could be held legally liable.
These no-win situations provided as a courtesy by your local tort attorney!
BTW, Im also from Texas and I love Skynyrd
Almost as bad as asking to marry you on the first date. You were wise to run.
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