When Being Positive Isn't That Great
It's World Aids Day. Forget the red ribbons, writes Jay Lassiter of Cherry Hill, a battler for a dozen years. Instead ...
Get tested.
He writes:
Seriously folks, I understand the anxiety associated with an HIV test. One of my first thoughts when I found out I was positive was "at least I never have to take another one of these awful HIV tests!" Trust me, I get it!
But I also know the empowerment that comes with knowing your status. Nowadays you can get a rapid result test and know the dealio within 20 minutes.
Danny Schechter, the News Dissector, writes:
It's World AIDS day again, the 25th Anniversary of the First reported AIDS Case and for the 25th time, a quarter of a century of this devastating disease/pandemic and we still don't really know how it started or how to cure it. Talk about fatigue, talk about people tuning out, talk about a failure on the part of the media to keep the issue in front of us and the failure of the world's governments to confront it effectively.