A MOTHERS THOUGHTS on an HIV MUPPET

In San Francisco, which does NOT have nurses btw in school sites (truth!), the SECRETARY is supposed to take care of all injuries and is NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW IF THERE'S HIV+ children in the school site!

Hey, that's no big deal. NURSES in hospitals often do not know if a patient is HIV+! This information can be withheld from the patient's medical record. So, if a patient is admitted for a surgical procedure, and does not want the staff to know he/she is HIV+, they will not know it. ALL patients are treated as if they are HIV+ and this is supposed to prevent transmission (Universal Precautions). This makes sense since some patients themselves may not know they have the virus.

The truth is, there are times when staff allow other priorities to take over, like when there's a Code Blue (cardiac arrest). At these times, some staff do not take adequate precautions. However, I DO. Nothing, not even a life and death emergency, can cause me to forego Universal Precautions.

Yes, women can become infected with the HIV virus. However, statistically, their chances are much lower. The reason? It is less likely that infected body fluids of their sexual partner will come into contact with the woman's blood. Why? Because the vagina is a tough organ that does not bleed easily, even when battered, because of its inherent elastic nature.

However, some things increase the risk of a woman getting HIV from an HIV+ man. The main things are: (1) pre-existing venereal diseases or other vaginal infections that cause inflammation and increased likelihood of contact with bleeding tissue, (2) anal sex, because rectal tissue, unlike the vagina, is very friable and bleeds easily, and (3) violent sex that results in bloody bodily fluid exchange (gross, I know, but it's a fact, sorry).

Now, these facts do not set well with the P.C. set because it is in their interests to insist that EVERYONE is equally susceptible to the virus. That is simply not true.

Another case of P.C. madness in the medical field is the ridiculous insistence by the medical community that EVERY woman over a certain age have Pap smear tests annually or every other year. The truth is that 99% of all cervical cancer cases are directly attributable to genital warts. If you do not have warts on your genitalia (which are, BTW, incurable), it is NOT necessary and a waste of your insurer's money to have annual Pap smears. Women should continue to have pelvic exams at their time of their annual physical, but the Pap is not needed unless they have the warts (human papilloma virus). Period.

To add to your list, (4) any gum disease, bleeding gums, or small cuts in the mouth allow HIV to enter. With rash of underage girls treating their boyfriends to oral sex, which isn't considered sex since Clinton, their chances of getting HIV increase.

A group you never hear of is women over 50 who catch HIV from their wandering, experimenting husbands. This has been true for years, but they're "respectable" women and don't talk about it. Remember socialite Mary Fisher, who caught AIDS from her husband and spoke about it a Republican National Convention a few elections ago? They said it was because her husband had transfusion, but he was bi. I met him, he was a creep who should never have married as he clearly preferred men. Fisher is one of thousands.

There are plenty of macho men, who in their later years get in touch with their "feminine sides" and start experimenting with homosexual sex. Psychologists are well aware of this phenomenon. Wives should be too.

A group you never hear of is women over 50 who catch HIV from their wandering, experimenting husbands

Let me assure you, the bathhouses and backrooms at places like Lafitte's are FULL of hetero, married men "on business".

I've known several gay men over the years who specialized in hitting on just this sort of voyeur. They preferred seducing straight men and -- as it turns out -- it was probably the safer way to go in many respects. No strings. The opportunity to meet him subsequently "on business" elsewhere. And a manliness much desired by homosexuals that's not always readily obtainable among a bunch of screaming queens.

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