Today is the day we commemorate World Aids Day. It is sad for me to still see and hear the stigma, ignorance, and even hate that surrounds this disease. There are a lot of places that you can go on the web to gain a better understanding of this plague. Several big misunderstandings are as follows. HIV = AIDs. It doesn't. Only "they" the despicable underbelly of our society can get this disease. Also not true. This disease is striking young, old, gay, straight, drug using, and non drug using. In short, anyone can catch this disease. There are quite a few precautions that you can take to reduce your risk. I won't go into them all but wearing a condom is one of them. Check out the following three websites to gain a better understanding of this disease.
Do yourself a favor. Do the world a favor. Go get yourself tested. The worst that can happen is that you find out that you are positive. There are treatments that slow the progress of the HIV disease. You can stop unwittingly spreading this disease. Working together we can stamp out this modern plague and prevent future generations from having to deal with it.
Today is the day that YOU can make that step and get tested. Knowledge is the best weapon we have. Just do it. :-)
Here in St. Louis you can get tested for free in quite a few places. One of which that comes to mind is the:
Saint Louis Effort for AIDS
1027 S. Vandeventer #700 >> Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.645.6451 >> Monday - Friday >> 9 am - 5 pm
http://www.stlefa.org/
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