October 13, 2009

What Should The Penalty Be For Knowingly Transmitting HIV?

Filed under: Aids,HIV,sexually transmitted disease,std,STI,Uncategorized — John @ 5:36 pm

What should the penalty be for knowingly transmitting the HIV virus? Honestly, I’m not sure. I’ve heard all different sorts of ideas, some too harsh, others not harsh enough. But everyone has an opinion as I’ve come to learn. Sometimes, I find I forget that and think my opinion is the only one that matters, but that’s only because I believe so passionately about my opinion. But this kind of a question is one even I can’t come to a final answer on.

When you transmit the HIV virus it’s like pointing a gun at someone’s head. But that gun only has one bullet in it. You know that it will go off, but you don’t know when. HIV cause AIDS, an incurable and very deadly disease. The progress made in fighting HIV/AIDS has come a very long way and vaccines are being created and tested. Hopefully one of those will work. But as of right now there is no cure. People who contract the deadly virus sometimes die within just a short while after receiving HIV. Others can live for years and years, thanks to medications. But what happens when someone decides to go around and spread the virus on purpose?

Some people argue that the guilty person should only receive a light punishment because they also have the HIV virus and are also condemned to the same inevitable fate. Others say that what that person has done is just the same as 1st degree murder and they should be given the life sentence. Extremists believe that the person spreading the infection has condemned one person to death so in return he/she should be put to death as well.

While I don’t agree with the death penalty I do see the logic there. The eye for an eye kind of treatment. However, if I had my way then the guilty person would receive a life sentence, in solitary confinement. This still punishes the person for causing irreparable harm to another human being, limits the human-to-human contact, but still lets the person live out the remainder of their life. While serving their sentence maybe they will realize the severity of their actions. I’m open to suggestions though and would love to here what other people think on the matter. What kind of punishment, if any, would you give someone who knowingly transmitted the HIV virus?

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August 17, 2009

What You Didn’t Know About Tattoo’s

Filed under: Aids,hepatitis A,hepatitis B,Hepatitis C,HIV,Tattoo,Tattoo parlor,Uncategorized — Amanda @ 2:47 pm
Tattoos have been a common form of body art for thousands of years. The first tattoos were discovered on bodies over 1400 years old. These historic tats consisted of animals and mythical animals which were supposedly tattoos of status and rank among tribes.
Today, tattoos are a universal form of individual identification, an artwork, or just a way to be heard. The reason for tattooing is different for everyone. Some like tattoos because they look cool, some want to keep a special name, quote, or phrase with them at all times, and some don’t even remember getting one in the first place. However, although tattooing methods seem safe and low-risk – after all, all of your friends have one! But tattooing has secret dangers that may be life threatening.

A recent study by Dr. Bob Haley and Dr. Paul Fischer at the University Of Texas South-western Medical School discovered that the average commercial tattoo is the number one distributor of hepatitis C. Dr. Haley concluded that “Commercial acquired tattoos accounted for more than twice as many hepatitis C injections as injection-drug use. This means it may have been the largest single contributor to the nationwide epidemic of this form of hepatitis.” Hepatitis C kills over 10,000 people a year, and more than 4 million Americans and counting are infected with hepatitis C. Unsterilized equipment and needles can also transmit other serious diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and HIV.

According to WebMD Medical News 2002 “Hepatitis C is spread by infected blood and infected needles, which is the virus’s connection with tattooing. Tattoos involve lots of needles making lots of sticks in the skin. Each stick carries potential for contamination – and not just with hepatitis, but also HIV.”

If you think that these diseases are only picked up in cheap tattoo parlors with improper sterilization techniques, you’re wrong. Famous celebrity Pamela Anderson picked up Hepatitis C from a tattoo parlor.

It makes a lot of sense if you think about the kind of people who stereotypically get tattoos; drug addicts, rock stars, deviants, and criminals – and understand that it is their blood which infects the needles. It’s entirely up to the tattoo parlor to make sure their instruments are sterilized properly – but do you really want to take that risk?

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