think about it. that would make HIV almost as easy to get as the flu. if that were how HIV were transmitted, who wouldn’t be HIV positive?
HIV is transmitted through sex (virtually exclusively penetrative sex), needle sharing (and in the past, blood products/transfusions), and mother-to-baby (if the mother is not on treatment). that’s it. those are the ways.
you do not need to be afraid of being somewhere HIV+ people have been, or touching them, eating with them, or kissing them.
i’m sorry it took some time to answer this, but i struggled with it because i and those before me have been trying for over 30 years to make it common knowledge that HIV is NOT spread through casual contact. it was depressing to see this. i’m sorry your schools and community failed you by not making this clear to you. i hope now you’ll take some time to do some research and learn more.
I saw other people on my dash worrying about those Stuart Semple T-Shirts printed with gay men’s blood that says “This Shirt Is Printed With the Blood of Gay Men.” They were fretting furiously over how ‘unsafe’ it was. Which is EXACTLY missing the whole point of the T-shirts and what they were trying to say. You cannot contract HIV from T-shirts printed with blood-formulated ink. The process would kill any virus plus the virus doesn’t live that long outside of the body or optimal preservation techniques.
HIV is not that easy to transmit! We’ve been trying to educate people on this since forever ffs and to see that there is still so much panic and misinformation is a criminal failure of our governments.
They want everyone to think that you can “catch AIDS” just by being /near/ a gay man. They want us to be seen as “plague rats”. To be ostracized and viewed with suspicion. They want sex, ALL sex, to be seen as IMMINENT DEATH!!!!!
It’s not the questioner’s fault, nor the fault of the people on my dash. They were the victims of a deliberate propaganda war. Because trust me, the lack of accurate information is NO MISTAKE. It is deliberate misinformation and homophobic/serophobic propaganda. It is Fucking Evil and there is evil intent behind it.
If the blood is dry, the virus is inactive. Period.
“HIV Survival Outside of the Body:
Generally, when people ask the question, “How long can HIV survive outside the body?” they have come into contact with some body fluid that they think might contain HIV and are worried about transmission. Almost always these questions are about casual contact, and we know the virus is not transmitted except during unprotected sex, sharing needles, or through significant and direct exposure to infected blood.
HIV is very fragile, and many common substances, including hot water, soap, bleach and alcohol, will kill it.
Air does not “kill” HIV, but exposure to air dries the fluid that contained the virus, and that will destroy or break up much of the virus very quickly. The Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at Health Canada reports that drying HIV reduces viral amount by 90-99 percent within several hours.”
There has never been reported HIV infection from casual contact on a surface contact. Ever.
oh my god this bullshit is back, it really is the 80′s again
Objection, your honor. There has been no scam. The
defendant
clearly stated that they would tell the plaintiff’s girlfriend if the plaintiff bought the defendant a pizza. It was the failure of the plaintiff to heed the terms before agreeing to them that resulted in his infidelity being exposed.
no offense but how come none of y’all can just like or dislike something normally. it’s always gotta be “this is literally fucking flawless and pure” or “this is shit and you’re an immoral person for liking it” it’s so. Uncomfortable
One of my favorite things to see is random people trying to interact with unfamiliar outdoor cats. Just standing there with a hand out, making kissy noises, maybe meowing at the cat while it ignores them. Mankind at its best and least dignified
if you want to interact with a cat that doesn’t know you, sit down not facing it. glance at it occasionally and make an inviting noise, but mostly just play with your phone or whatever.
the cat will almost certainly come over to check you out sooner or later. it’ll stay out of arm’s reach because it doesn’t know if you’re a jerk. offer your hand and let the cat sniff. wait. if the cat wants pettins, it will indicate that by noofing your hand, flopping on its side, or coming in close.
the cat may want to be bros but not get pettins. in that case, it will sit or lie near you but out of reach. this is friendly! the cat is saying, you’re a person in my neighborhood! hi neighbor!
of course, it’s possible that the cat is a great big cuddleslut and will come love all over you. that happens too. but if it doesn’t, that doesn’t mean it’s an unfriendly cat. be chill and let the cat choose how close to get, and you’ll find most cats are pretty friendly.
Being gay is a completely neutral thing that’s just like a natural variation in a population that some people have and it’s not good or bad and it doesn’t mean anything it just exists but also gay people are literally better than everyone else
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