Sorry,but be careful before you post things like that.
My Godson died of AIDS in 1984 from a bad blood transfusion he had in 1982. He was 22,straight,and had an accident requiring surgery. This was in San Franciso.
I have HUGE sympathy and caring for the "accidental victims" of AIDS - contaminated transfusions and accidental fluid transfers etc - and am so sorry your Beloved Godson died from that terrible disease. Prayers for him, M.
I've avoided all surgery since 'getting back from 'Nam, in '72.
My condolences on your Godson and yes, there are those that are afflicted not through conduct, but chance. I don't think that the "gays deserve it" attitude reflects well on FreeRepublic when stated in such broadbrushed terms. I do, however, understand anger at the gay community using the affliction as a money grabbing political issue when they really could do so much more....
True.
There a quite a few hemophiliacs who have AIDS from blood transfusions.
***My Godson died of AIDS in 1984 from a bad blood transfusion he had in 1982. ***
This wasn't by an chance blood from the Arkansas prison systems that the Clintonistas were selling at the time was it?
How horrible; I am so very sorry. We worked at a blood lab in those years and it was quite scary when the AIDS tubes came into our department.
I am SO sorry for the loss of your Godson.
I took care of many AIDS patients in the early 80's, and like your loved one, some of them had it due to bad transfusions.
It's a horrible, horrible disease, and not a thing I would wish on my worst enemy..
Sorry,but be careful before you post things like that.
My Godson died of AIDS in 1984 from a bad blood transfusion he had in 1982. He was 22,straight,and had an accident requiring surgery. This was in San Franciso.
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Hey Mears,
I totally feel your pain.
My little cousin was hemophiliac and got a bad blood transfusion.
He died at age 10 from AIDS.
One of my mom's best friends was married to one of the most straight seeming guys and yet he was secretly Bi and passed HIV on to her.
She died recently.
It drives me bat sh@te crazy when people lump AIDS into one group and have zero sympathy.
"My Godson died of AIDS in 1984 from a bad blood transfusion he had in 1982."
I'm very sorry to hear that. Your Godson is the reason that we should ALL be concerned about this. There are plenty of examples showing innocents that were infected and killed by this disease. Babies, unsuspecting wives and female lovers. Those in the health professions. Good Golly, it amazes me that this isn't Front Page News each and every day! This is one situation where being "PC" is a Death Warrant for us all.
On another site, we have a chat going about quarantining these careless disease spreaders to keep this OUT of the general population. How do you feel about that? (Remember the trouble they had getting 'Typhoid Mary' to cooperate with the authorities?)
Before you answer, read up on the history of quarantine, care of the Center for Disease Control. Maybe we need to start e-mailing them en mass?
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/history.htm
"While sporadic attempts were made to impose quarantine requirements, it was the continued yellow fever epidemics that led to the passage of Federal Quarantine Legislation by Congress in 1878. This legislation, while not conflicting with States' rights, paved the way for Federal involvement in quarantine activities. With the arrival of cholera from abroad in 1892, the law was reinterpreted to allow the Federal Government more authority in imposing quarantine requirements. In 1893, another act of Congress further clarified the Federal role in quarantine activities. Local quarantine stations were gradually turned over to the government as local authorities came to realize the benefits of Federal involvement. Additional facilities were built to provide better coverage, and quarantine was nationalized. By 1921, all quarantine stations were under Federal control. In 1944, with codification of the Public Health Service Act, the Federal Government's quarantine authority was clearly established for the first time."
I am very sorry to hear that Mears, reading past mindless posts is getting to be habit here. I fear the day any child of mine ever has to get a tranfusion..