IF SWINE FLU MAKES US WEAR MASKS, WHY CAN'T AIDS MAKE US USE CONDOMS?
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Posted By: Siebra Muhammad on May 05, 2009 Amount of people in the U.S. diagnosed with swine flu: 253 Amount of people in the U.S. diagnosed with AIDS: 468,578 Amount of people who have died from swine flu this year in the U.S.: 1 Amount of people who have died from AIDS this year in the U.S.: 5,000 (est.) Amount of people worldwide who have swine flu: 4,600 Amount of people who have HIV/AIDS worldwide: 33 Million (est.) Amount of people worldwide who have died from swine flu: 101 Amount of people worldwide who have died from AIDS this year: 1 million If swine flu is a “pandemic,” then what the hell is AIDS? Despite all chatter to the contrary, AIDS remains the true, legitimate pandemic. In some parts of the U.S., the rate of AIDS in Black women is as high as it is in sub-Saharan Africa. If the people who run the nation’s media really truly know the difference between an important story and a sensational story, they would still be paying as much attention to AIDS as they do the swine flu. AIDS education and prevention must be a priority for this country. If swine flu can make people wear masks and wash their hands 10 times a day, shouldn’t AIDS make people wear condoms? Maybe if the U.S. bordered Africa instead of Mexico we would care pay more attention to the real pandemic that is going on there. Health problems are global problems. We cannot ignore a pandemic because it affects a lot of people who don’t look like us. SARS, avian flu and now swine flu. The media seem to go to great lengths to expose possible threats to our health rather than exposing the continuing and exponentially more deadly threat of AIDS. Is AIDS out of fashion now? While we must be on the guard for new viruses and diseases, we can’t forget about the ones that are still killing us. Swine flu is covered by every newspaper, every news show and blog. Even the schools in New Orleans got hit with 15 cases of swine flu (7 confirmed, 9 possible). When was the last time AIDS made the front page of a newspaper or the 6 o’clock news? Are diseases like movies? They come out, everyone gets excited, and then forgets about them a month later? Diseases are not entertainment. They are real problems that pose a threat to people across the world. As compelling and scary as a new disease is, we need to put things in perspective. If AIDS could get some of the media attention and government resources that swine flu has been getting, we might be able to stop some of the thousands of AIDS deaths in our community. Simple things like education, condom distribution and testing could drastically reduce the amount of people with HIV/AIDS. Reverend Calvin Butts recently spoke about AIDS in the Black community, saying, “This is more dangerous than the swine flu, and I hope that the country will recognize that if we can solve this, then we can move forward in addressing other health disparities.” H.R. 1964, sponsored by Harlem congressman Charlie Rangel, called on President Obama to declare HIV/AIDS an epidemic in the Black community. Surely if we can spend time distributing gloves and masks for the swine flu, we can distribute condoms and brochures on AIDS at the same rate. Swine flu may get worse, or it may go away. But AIDS is as virulent as ever, and we must make sure it kills as few people as possible. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Siebra Muhammad
A Registration Clerk/Specialist, New Orleans Public Schools Other College... class of 2001 Member Since November 2008 |
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Great blog sis!!
Tuesday, May 5th 2009 at 8:43PM |
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what is the statistic on americans that have died from effects of eating swine? The Adverse Influence of Pork Consumption on Health By Professor Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg, M.D. 1) as cholesterol-loaded macromolecules in the blood in cases of hypertonia, arteriosclerosis. plethora and in the walls of the cancer cells (so-called neoplasma phases); 2) as histamine and as imidazole bodies in cases of urticaria, herpes, dermatitis, eczema (causing itching), initiating inflammatory processes with furuncles, carbuncles, fluor albus, appendicitis, cholangitis, cholecystitiS, thrombophlebitiS and phlegmonS; 3) as growth hormone in promoting inflammatory and growth tendencies in cases of adipositas, acromegaly, neoplasma phases and hyperplasia; 4) as fatty acids in cases of hypotonia, polycythemia; 5) as mesenchymal, mucous substances rich in sulfur (amino sugars, hyaluronic acid, glucosamine, and others) in cases of myogelosis, arthrosis, osteochondrosis, rheumatism and arthritis; 6) as oncogenic agent; 7) as influenza virus. Hence, the pathological symptoms referred to, can be completely cured through biological treatment only, provided that a total abstinence from pork is observed. Let us not forget the extensive influenza epidemic which followed the first World War. The fatalities due to this epidemic were greater than the total loss of life in the war Itself. American bacon which was plentiful in those first food shipments. For many years those influenza epidemics were observed which followed the consumption of pork. The large quantities of Canadian bacon which were shipped to Germany in November’ when winter slaughtering took place. This was then consumed by the population and most assuredly the dangerous influenza epidemic broke out in January/February. It should also be pointed out that influenza epidemics are virtually unheard of in the Muslim countries where pork Is not eaten. Wednesday, May 6th 2009 at 2:17PM |
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