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Old 10-31-2014, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by piece-itpete View Post
If someone who knows they have AIDs transmits it, isn't it considered murder?

I realize this lady has a point, but I also think she may be acting a little like a twit.

Pete
Should the precautions for all communicable diseases be the same? Knowingly having AIDS and spreading it through sex is a bit different than being non-symptomatic (and thereby non-infectious) and taking a bike ride.

She's doing a public service by getting more people on TV to talk about the actual risk of doing what she's doing (zero) to fight the misinformation-fueled hysteria and political pandering to the fearful.
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