Week 2 discussion

I think that there is a lot of truth in this statement. AIDS does engender stigma, discrimination and denial, not as much as it did when it first showed up on the world scene, but these are issues with the disease even today. It is still a topic that many people are uncomfortable talking about because of how it started to spread in the US, and the issues that are brought up in connection with it. It is still a taboo subject and as long as people think of it like that, many of these issues will not change.

AIDS Timelines

I thought that the AIDS timelines were interesting and defiantly informative. A lot of the US timeline was covered in the movie that we watched in class, but was more in-depth and had a few things that the movie didn’t mention. I found it interesting that according to the timeline, Asia had it first recorded case a lot later then the US. This was interesting to me because there is a lot more people in Asia then in the US and you think that it might have showed up there first.

Response on the Top Ten Things You Should Know About HIV and AIDS

I knew quit a bit of them, but their was defiantly a few that I didn’t know about. For example, I didn’t know that it was increasingly rare for pregnant mothers to pass the virus on to their babies, I thought that was common. I thought that it was a good thing to read because it reminds you that this can affect everyone and that this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed.