Study Reveals AIDS Virus Ravaging NC College Campuses

American Family Association ^ | August 12, 2003 | Jim Brown

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(AgapePress) - Researchers are warning of an HIV outbreak on college campuses in North Carolina.

A study conducted by the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services indicates that up to 60 college students in the state may have become infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The study found that 25 male college students in a three-county region of North Carolina have been diagnosed with HIV since 2001, and nearly 90% of those students were black men whose infections resulted from homosexual sex.

Lead researcher Dr. Lisa Hightow, a fellow in infectious diseases at the UNC School of Medicine, says half of all new HIV infections occur in young people.

"We feel that this is a wakeup call to the fact that HIV is still being actively transmitted and that it's involving our young people in our state. We feel that this is certainly statewide, but not necessarily limited to the state," she says.

According to Hightow, up until this year, no reports on HIV infection rates at colleges had been published. The researcher says she and her colleagues are consulting with experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and have been working to improve prevention efforts.

"We alerted all the key health department personnel as well as all the campuses, and have started to expand our counseling and testing activities on the campuses," Hightow says. "Many of the colleges and universities that we have been working with have begun to increase student awareness of HIV."

Hightow notes that many of the students in North Carolina who were recently infected with HIV had used the drug Ecstasy and met their homosexual partners over the Internet.

At the beginning of last year, the CDC reported approximately 362,827 persons in the United States living with AIDS. Of these, 42% were whites, 37% were blacks, 20% were Hispanics, less than 1% were Asians and Pacific Islanders, and less than 1% were American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Of the 282,250 men (13 years or older) living with AIDS, 57% were men who had homosexual sex, 24% were intravenous drug users, and 9% were exposed through heterosexual contact. Of the 76,696 adult and adolescent women with AIDS, 59% were exposed through heterosexual contact and 38% were exposed through intravenous drug use. And according to the CDC, at the end of 2001 there were 3,817 children living with AIDS in America.*

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Lead researcher Dr. Lisa Hightow, a fellow in infectious diseases at the UNC School of Medicine, says half of all new HIV infections occur in young people.

Perhaps we should have started educating kids about this a long time ago...

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...nearly 90% of those students were black men whose infections resulted from homosexual sex.

Perhaps this wouldn't be a problem if we didn't have so many positive gay role models.

[LasVegasMac]

The study found that 25 male college students in a three-county region of North Carolina have been diagnosed with HIV since 2001, and nearly 90% of those students were black men whose infections resulted from homosexual sex.

LVM

[Waco]

But are CO² emissions being reduced? That's what really counts ya know.

[ClancyJ]

Perhaps this wouldn't be a problem if we didn't have so many positive gay role models.

Baloney! Aids has been a problem for years - are you dense? A role model does not cause Aids.

Every person knows about Aids by now. Whether there are gays in the public eye or not does not change a thing.

Looking for someone to blame are you?

[Timesink]

Unless North Carolina only has about 150 college students, I think "ravaging" is a bit strong a term.

[xzins]

90% were black MEN. I wonder what of the remaining percent were also MEN. That would put the percentage of infection based on male to male sex above 90%.

At the beginning of last year, the CDC reported approximately 362,827 persons in the United States living with AIDS. Of these, 42% were whites, 37% were blacks, 20% were Hispanics, less than 1% were Asians and Pacific Islanders, and less than 1% were American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Of the 282,250 men (13 years or older) living with AIDS, 57% were men who had homosexual sex, 24% were intravenous drug users, and 9% were exposed through heterosexual contact. Of the 76,696 adult and adolescent women with AIDS, 59% were exposed through heterosexual contact and 38% were exposed through intravenous drug use. And according to the CDC, at the end of 2001 there were 3,817 children living with AIDS in America.*

Also, note that in the national stats very few men are exposed heterosexually, but that far more women are. This is testimony to the fact that men deposit a blood product, semen, with the women, and that male exposure to a blood product in women is not impossible, but rare. (Hetero sex during menstruation?)

The high percentages of infection via intravenous drug use compared with the intense micro-study of NC students, suggests that many of the IV claimants were actually infected via male on male sex but were afraid to admit the same.

There is little follow-up in these self-reports, and generally, the word of the patient is accepted.

[Kevin Curry]

Every person knows about Aids by now.

Especially gays. Yet they continue to spread it. And the rest of us continue to pay to clean up after them.

Who is responsible for this modern-day plague? Gays. No need to get snippy about it. The truth stands on its own.

[scripter]

A role model does not cause Aids.

A straw man is easier to knock down, isn't it.

From Will Bishop-elect Robinson and his male lover be tested for HIV-AIDS?:

In our effort to remove the stigma of having AIDS, have we created a culture of disease? We all see the ads for HIV drugs. They illustrate hot muscular men living life to the fullest thanks to modern science. Other ads show couples holding hands, sending the message that the road to true love and happiness is being HIV positive.

Positive role models have to accept some of the blame for the current situation.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Yes and we are supposed to march with them and demand that govt fund a cure. They have a right to practice sodomy and not worry about getting sick.

Meanwhile I'll eventually get cancer or alzheimers and wonder if I did anything in my life to encourage the disease.

[Grampa Dave]

I hope that this study didn't cost a lot of tax payers $'s, or that it will cost us a lot of tax $'s.

Duh most of the HIV case came after homosexual sex.

We have known about the Darwin effect in the Gay population for over two decades now.

[The Brush]

gays are walking health hazards far worse than smokersp> Now that there's a gay bishop we can remove the stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS. I don't blame homosexual sex, I think AIDS is being spread by a vast right wing conspiracy.
They show up at gay bars disguised as gay, they do the limp wrist thing and everything. Everyone in the gay community know that George Bush has developed AIDS in a powder form that is slipped into the drinks of unsuspecting gay men when they are dancing and making out with other men (Not that there's anything wrong with it).
Allot of people don't believe it but I happen to KNOW it's true.

I heard about it in band camp

[ClancyJ]

Sorry - gays are not the only ones spreading this disease. There are many heterosexuals who have it, who spread it, there are many children.

Once something like this gets going - it creeps into every part of society. That is why my statement.

I'm not being snippy. Aids is more than a "gay" problem and to think otherwise is to deny that non-gays can get infected and spread the disease.

It is a horrible disease and needs to be stopped. Complaining about gays and blaming gays and thinking that any Aids effort is to help gays is ridiculous.

[First Amendment]

You, sir, are extremely ill-informed. You would be wise to read up on the incidence and causes of AIDS transmission before you expose your ignorance any further. You are only making yourself look foolish. Everyone who reads and comments on these topics is well-informed and sees your transparent lack of knowledge. Please, read before you reveal your complete lack of grasp of the topic.

P.S. If AIDS was spreading equally among normal people, then I would think maybe you are right. But since mostly homosexuals have it and spread it, (because anal sex is an excellent way to spread it, and because homosexuals are wildly promiscuous compared to the vast majority of heterosexuals), therefore you are wrong.

[ClancyJ]

Don't tell me I don't know anything about Aids.

You are the ignorant one. Why do you think doctors and nurses wear masks, gloves? How do you think children get it? Why do we now have biohazard containers for all needles? Aids is spread by bodily fluids and is contagious from ANY ONE that has it - no matter their sexual persuasion. True it is more common in the gay community but an infected person can spread it to anyone that comes in contact with their blood or bodily fluids through a cut. This means that contact sports are more dangerous the more people have HIV. Young people are more at risk due to the sexual freedom with more and more partners.

You prefer to hate gays rather than dealing with the problem. Hate gays all you want if it makes you feel better. I'm sure they can take it. After all they have plenty of experience with life's short changes and hatreds.

I prefer to find cures, and protections because entrusting the safety of my family to the ability of all people to act safely does not appeal to me.

[John O]

9% were exposed through heterosexual contact

And I'll lay good odds that most of these 9% were lying.

AIDS (more correctly called GRIDS) is caused by homosexual behavior, or by associating with 'homosexuals' (as they are the reservoir of the disease)

[John O]

It is a horrible disease and needs to be stopped. Complaining about gays and blaming gays and thinking that any Aids effort is to help gays is ridiculous.

GRIDS is a horrible disease. The cure for it is to stop homosexual behavior and let the reservoir die out.

GRIDS consumes a far greater share of medical research dollars than it deserves. Dollars that should go to serious disease threats such as heart disease and cancer. Cure the things that are not self-inflicted and that will help the most people.

Since GRIDS is primarily a 'gay' disease seeking the cure only helps 'gays', not normal people. Since they infected themselves voluntarily, they should deal with the problem themselves

[John O]

Aids is spread by bodily fluids and is contagious from ANY ONE that has it - no matter their sexual persuasion. True it is more common in the gay community but an infected person can spread it to anyone that comes in contact with their blood or bodily fluids through a cut. This means that contact sports are more dangerous the more people have HIV. Young people are more at risk due to the sexual freedom with more and more partners.

You prefer to hate gays rather than dealing with the problem. Hate gays all you want if it makes you feel better. I'm sure they can take it. After all they have plenty of experience with life's short changes and hatreds.

Proof that the answer is to shun and quarentine 'gays' until the disease dies out. The we need to return to traditional values and sexual mores. That is, stay virginal until you get married and don't practice homosexual behavior.

GRIDS is a self curing problem if we isolate the bad actors.

BTW, I don't hate gays. I hate what they do and I hate how they refuse to see truth. I do pray for them to be saved and changed and healed, however, if they refuse to repent and be changed then it is far better for us all if they die before they drag others into the cesspool of homosexuality (and then to hell) with them.