Wednesday, November 11, 2009

HIV Reflection

These past few weeks have been pretty wild.  From T-Pain coming to bomb threats in the parking garage, its been crazy!  I wasn't able to go to the concert, but my friends and I went out to the bar after that night and we saw him out on the town!  I have to admit that it was pretty cool!  I haven't been out for a while, so being in an environment with so many drunk individuals got me thinking about some of the dumb decision college kids can make.  We preach safe sex practices in school and college but who knows how many people actually are able to make the right decision while intoxicated.  I know I have heard some horror stories from my friends after a night out with the guys.  Not a safe way to keep from getting any STD's or HIV at all. 

This weeks QOTW I thought was a very interesting one.  It dealt with "tracking" those with HIV/AIDS and even converting to a system where those infected will be exiled from the rest of society!  I could not disagree with these ideas more.  When first reading the topic, I immediately thought of if I was one of those people.  Even though I feel that I would be responsible in keeping my disease in check it would not matter to the government.  To them I would be just another person at risk of infecting the population.  Swept out of my home to live with others infected, my life would be so different.  How could this system actually work?  We build our own separate community in isolation?  I just don't see how taking people away from their families would not stir up controversy in the world.  It scares me to think that any government would resort to this.  I'm sure we can think of some better alternatives than that!


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  1. David MendozaNovember 12, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    That’s cool that T-Pain came to Orlando. I had no idea but I bet it was wherever he was performing at. I did hear about the bomb threat since my car was in one of the parking garages that was shut down and being investigated! I was going to leave right after my physics class at 7:30pm when I found out about the situation. I agree that separating people who are HIV positive and forcing them away from society would change their lives and that it would never work. These plans are completely appalling and I’m glad that the USA doesn’t actually think of these types of ideas.

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  2. morganNovember 12, 2009 at 6:22 PM

    Do you really think that universities like UCF are doing a good enough job in controlling alcohol usage on and around the campus? Do you think UCF is doing a good job of education students on the dangers of alcohol? Just curious. Agnes

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  3. Kiersten ThomasNovember 12, 2009 at 9:16 PM

    You made a very good point about alcohol usage and how it impairs our judgment. I think that alchol is one of the reasons that education on HIV is not as effective. When college students get drunk everything they learned pretty much goes out the window!
    I couldn't have said it any better about the tracking system. The irony of it is that if a person in the government had a family member who became HIV positive their views on this may change rather quickly.

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  4. Ashley HNovember 13, 2009 at 9:12 AM

    College kids will be college kids. We can say we will be good, while we're sitting on our lap tops doing schoolwork. But when you're out at the bar, and surrounded by your peers, it's a totally different ball game. That is pretty cool that a celebrity was hanging out around campus. That doesn't happen everyday.

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