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Obama urges all Americans to get tested for AIDS/HIV
The Hill ^

Posted on 06/25/2010 4:55:24 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Obama urges all Americans to get tested for AIDS/HIV By Michael O'Brien - 06/25/10 03:24 PM ET

President Barack Obama urged all Americans on Friday to be tested for HIV.

Obama released a statement this afternoon marking National HIV Testing Day on Sunday, and encouraged people to get tested to learn their HIV status, the virus that contributes to AIDS.

"As we mark this day, I would like to renew my call for all Americans to help reduce the risk of infection by getting tested for HIV and learning their HIV status," Obama said in a statement.

"And research shows that people who know their status take better care of themselves and take steps to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others," he added. "That is why it is so important that people get tested."

Obama noted the advances in research and treatment of HIV and AIDS since the late 1980s and early 1990s, when AIDS was highly stigmatized and seen as an almost-certain death sentence.

He also called on philanthropic and faith-based groups, among other groups, to get involved in helping to fight AIDS.

"[A]ll of us have a responsibility to reduce our risk and know our status, to continue to support those already affected by this disease, and to fight the stigma and discrimination people still face," he said. "So on this National HIV Testing Day, let us all recommit to do our part to help stop the spread of HIV and AIDS."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aids; democrats; grids; hiv; homosexualagenda; larrysinclairslover; obama
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Never mind..........
1 posted on 06/25/2010 4:55:25 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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No thank you. I’m low risk.


2 posted on 06/25/2010 4:56:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Sub-Driver

Obama should likely be worried about AIDS.


3 posted on 06/25/2010 4:57:40 PM PDT by jospehm20
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Maybe after the birth certificate tests are completed.


4 posted on 06/25/2010 4:58:25 PM PDT by gitmo ( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
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To: Sub-Driver

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5 posted on 06/25/2010 4:58:25 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: Sub-Driver

0bama dude...don’t go packin’ fudge and then you should be safe. What is it you don’t understand??


6 posted on 06/25/2010 4:58:35 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Larry Sinclair’s lover should go first.


7 posted on 06/25/2010 4:58:44 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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Pandering to the gay vote —kneepad time.

Just wow.


8 posted on 06/25/2010 4:59:33 PM PDT by TokuMei
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What an insult.


9 posted on 06/25/2010 4:59:34 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Well, unless you can get AIDS/HIV off a toilet seat I think I’m safe. ;-)


10 posted on 06/25/2010 4:59:44 PM PDT by doc1019 (Rush, Beck and others are giving us the dots; it is up to us to connect them.)
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Yeah, I’ll get right on that. [/s]


11 posted on 06/25/2010 4:59:44 PM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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I'll get AIDS tested when the Obammunist produces his real birth certificate, college records, etc.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho

12 posted on 06/25/2010 5:00:33 PM PDT by wku man (Who says conservatives don't rock? Go to www.myspace.com/rockfromtheright)
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....uh... NO!


13 posted on 06/25/2010 5:00:46 PM PDT by Ditter
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I thought unnecessary tests drove up the cost of medicine. I think I’ll pass.


14 posted on 06/25/2010 5:01:17 PM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Speak for yourself, Barry.


15 posted on 06/25/2010 5:01:23 PM PDT by Nepeta
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Completely absurd and most likely an attempt by our first bisexual , drug using president to mainstream his activities.
This is like asking all Americans to take a pregnancy test .
And who would pay for this ridiculous waste of medical resources ?
Oh wait..let me guess.


16 posted on 06/25/2010 5:01:30 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
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Well if that suggestion that those who live a gay lifestyle are permitted to give blood, then maybe all people should be.
17 posted on 06/25/2010 5:01:42 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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Comrade Hussein:Yes,of course all of *your* supporters should be tested.And knowing your ilk as well as I do I'd say that Michelle would be wise to get tested...regularly.

But I'll take a rain check because those who follow what,even 40 years ago,was considered moral,respectable behavior,have *very* little to fear.Particularly if they've never had a blood transfusion.

18 posted on 06/25/2010 5:02:36 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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Pandering to the gay vote

Bingo.

He's trying to make it seem like gays are just the same as the rest of us. NOT!!

19 posted on 06/25/2010 5:02:36 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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It wouldn’t surprise me if BO/BS uses this as precursor to make it mandatory with some manufactured crisis and use it as a scheme to accuse anyone who opposes him and his fellow socialists as being infected and therefore must be isolated from the population under the false pretense of doing so to eradicate the disease.


20 posted on 06/25/2010 5:02:43 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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