Fourth HIV case traced to student in SD

argusleader.com ^ | 4/30/2002 | The Associated Press

[KQQL]

A fourth case of HIV infection has been confirmed as authorities follow leads stemming from a Huron college student charged with exposing a woman to the virus after he knew he had it.

"There is a clear connection to the Huron incident," state Health Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth said Monday.

[KQQL]

Briteramos remains in jail on a $10,000 cash bond..........Kinda low !!

[Registered]

They ought to perform some surgery on him while he sits in jail...

[Rodney King]

"He's not a serial viral killer," the elder Briteramos said.

That's nice. Except for the fact that he is a serial viral killer.

[mhking]

Nikko is not a threat to the community and would not attempt to leave if he were released, his father said.

Excuse me!?!?

He's already shown he's a threat to the community; at least the female half of the community!

[NativeNewYorker]

"He's not a serial viral killer," the elder Briteramos said.

Not yet, anyway.

[TopQuark]

"He's not a serial viral killer," the elder Briteramos said. Maybe not, but the effect is the same: he ruined and probably shortened the lives of five people.

If his father understood that, he would have raised his child to be a responsible person. Instead, the 18-year-old is reportedly surprised at the reaction. He does not even have a habit of thinking about consequences of his actions.

[Tacis]

It is ironic that a state that has losed a malignant infection on the rest of the country is confronted by a comparable internal problem. Dashole's American-hating, class warfare negativity is to the rest of the country as this kid's HIV disease is to the folks of South Dakota. The Lord works in wonderous ways.

[Thinkin' Gal]

186 tested so far in Huron area

This kid has a problem, HIV or not.

[WSGilcrest]

186 people? What are they doing up there? I think it's the girls fault. Did he rape her?

[RobRoy]

Nikko is not a threat to the community and would not attempt to leave if he were released, his father said.

I would tend to agree. He should be released on bond. Of course, the court needs to confiscate his weapon (his penis)until the case has been resolved in court.

After all, we don't release "alledged" armed robbers on bail and hand them their gun on the way out of the jail, do we?

[KQQL]

This guy tried to kill these women, but as you know it takes 2 to TANGO , so these woman are morons for having unprotected sex with NIKKO .....................looks like NIKKO wanted pass his virus to as many women as possible....the sad thing is that the woman Nikko had sex with probably passed HIV virus to more people..................................

[SoDak]

Ahh, so God sent HIV to SD in retribution for electing Daschle? Yeah, that's how God works.

[NativeNewYorker]

I think the high number is a function of all the partners of his partners...

BTW, Huron is not exactly Harvard.

And I dare say these stories answer my question as to what exactly folks in flyover country do with their spare time. [Just kidding.]

[RobRoy]

186 people? What are they doing up there? I think it's the girls fault. Did he rape her?

Having been there quite a bit, I can tell you what they are doing, other than this: Cow tipping; getting drunk; being killed in drunk driving single car accidents; gambling.

Even in the puny high schools in SD, most graduating classes loose a couple to drunk driving accidents on some two lane road in the middle of nowhere. The ice don't help none either.

[KQQL]

............sex with strangers is not a JOKE.......it can kill ......if anyone is gonna TANGO with strangers......then they should make sure they are protected............it's not a 100% guarantee...but a condom is better than having no protection

[NativeNewYorker]

...6'7 freshman Nikko Briteramos should strengthen our post position....

From the school's website.

[wbill]

But..but...but...

These kids, I'm sure that they were properly educated (indoctrinated) by our public schools in the use of condoms to prevent STDs. Darn it, it's the school's fault for not teaching them to be safely promiscuous. We need more government funding of sex ed programs in South Dakota!

AIDS, after all, is caused by a lack of funding.

[biblewonk]

I don't have much sympathy for college students engaging in casual sex.

[SoDak]

A huge percentage of the students there are from out of state. Those not from out of state are from the reservation.

[RobRoy]

the sad thing is that the woman Nikko had sex with probably passed HIV virus to more people.

Actually, the good news is that women are a natural "firebreak" to this desease, at least from a sexual perspective. Unless they are practicing anal sex, which is much more popular in Europe than over here (which is why more women have and spread the disease over there).

Aids is still a disease of anal sex and shared needles. So unless one of these two was performed with this guy by any of those being tested, there is very little risk that he spread the disease to anyone.

With "normal" sex, it is hard for a woman to get Aids from a man, and substantially harder for a man to get it from an infected woman. This guy does need to control his "urges" though.

[KQQL]

I doubt G-d had anything to do with it......IF you anyone has un protected sex...then they are to blame...............not G-d......

[SauronOfMordor]

The school basketball roster lists the guy as having come from Chicago

[KQQL]

lol...........

[GnL]

On the bright side, this guy shouldn't have to worry about bending over for the soap when he gets to prison.

[Thinkin' Gal]

2000-2001 Freshman Class Profile

Top 10 percent of high school class: 5%
Top 25 percent of high school class: 13%
Top 50 percent of high school class: 65%

And 17% is still unaccounted for! :-/

[mombonn]

but a condom is better than having no protection

Not by much. The failure rate is high enough that you're still playing Russian Roulette.

[KQQL]

True, but without a condom you chances increase by 80%

[Simcha7]

This "Kid" has some Serious Mental Health Issues.

Maybe He Needs a "Therapy" Session with...

Lorena LaBobbitt!

Now...there's a Gal who would Treat him RIGHT!

....Snip...Snip...Snip...Oooh my, my, my!

Ain't that a Shame, he'd be Clue Less and Without his ahummm...."Male" .... Parts.

[Leto]

THis is a geometric problem, 4 girls infected, how many other did he have sex with who are not infected, then how many sexual partners did they have?

The kid is a menace to society 60 years works, he'll be dead from the disease before the get out.

[STD]

Boy did you ever nail it!

[STD]

HIV has another element that no one has yet addressed. When we first started seeing AIDS patients in the early 80's, I was puzzled by their sexual kamakazee attacks upon hundreds of people. We had one guy that boasted of giving AIDS to 500 people! I wrote the first article which described this syndrome. It has entered the medical lexicon as AIDS psycosis. Brain fluid swelling causes stimulation of the hypothalamus.You need to keep this guy locked up, period.

DrMike