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HIV's exponential growth in the Philippines
Disclaimer: The following post you are about to read is highly opinionated. So it is strongly suggested not to compare any kind of shit to this.
Recently, I have reading the news about the rising cases of HIV in the Philippines. Obviously the health officials are alarmed about the situation. If my data gathering were correct, Philippines is one of the 5 nations enlisted by WHO whose HIV cases are rising. So this means to say that others are effectively controlling the situation. Then why in the world Philippines' HIV are on the loose?
I think there are 2 sides of the story here:
1. The health ministry and some HIV-advocate non-government organizations (NGO) are being proactive to "shove" off the untested individuals to get tested for their sero status. They're setting up free test centers every week or so, encouraging everyone to get tested. So basically, the increased number means these are piled up cases of individuals who just got tested, well supposedly they should have tested way long before.
Due to media hype and scare, the general population is getting aware of the increasing numbers, as a result, they will have themselves tested through the free testing centers held up by the health ministry and NGO's. You know what, the word TEST and its other forms are so used in this story.
Philippines is one heck of a conservative country, primarily because of the Spanish influence brought during the times of early civilization. Added to it, the dipshits of the religious groups.
Due to this conservativeness of the Filipino people, they were unable to embrace the technlogical and medical advances of the world. Leading to idiocy. Not knowing what to do and what to expect from the consequences of every action.
I think sex education is the top priority when it comes to HIV/AIDS prevention, it will not teach people how to be promiscuous but it will teach the what nots, what ifs, how to do it and every crap of sexual intercourse.
If you don't know how to use a condom, then dude, you are in big trouble. Tons of questions are being sent to my email and Planet Romeo account - examples are "What are the symptoms of HIV/AIDS?", "I kissed someone, will I get infected?" "I did bareback, am I at risk?" and all those crazy shit.
Based on these questions, it is surreal that most of these individuals are not yet educated in terms of sexual activities and basic virology of HIV/AIDS.
Man, if you can search and flirt with a guy on Facebook or any gay personal websites, then why the heck you can't you just Google the answers to your questions? Information is now readily available through the means of internet. I mean, it's already on the palm of one's hand. If you're shy to ask from a friend, medical staff or your doctor then just try to browse over. But of course, not all information on the net are factual. You just have to be keen on what you are reading and its source.
Summing it all up, the health ministry, NGO' and media - be it tv, radio, paper or the internet is the prime cause of HIV/AIDS increase for a late bloomer country like the Philippines.
One reason why Reproductive Health bill needs to be passed and approved. (the ever long discussion between religion and technological advancement)
2. I have to admit, I have friends who are HIV+ and still engages to sexual acts which increases the risk of trnasmission. I have more than a couple of friends who really does this. They still participate in some orgies, partee and plays and some poopy events.
A simple mathematical equation is this:
(The HIV+ individual who doesn't seem to care + An idiotic victim who don't know what to do)^2 = disaster
The idiotic victim is now at high risk of getting infected. He doesn't know he's already infected, propagates into another sexual act with another idiotic victim and the exponential growth continues. Simple as that.
It's a perfect mixture of idiocy and those hard-headed morons.
Who to blame them, if they enjoy doing it... then let it be. If it's a way to relax, then let them be. I don't really care.
I don't wanna came in hands-clean, but as of the moment, in the event I wanna have an intercourse with, do it with the same sero-status. Still safe.
If you're gonna ask me, If I am saying all this shit and what not, then why in the world I am HIV+?
Well, I can say is.. it's a combination of the 2 reasons above.
I was idiotic that time and a victim of that dipshit who knew he's positive yet penetrated my ass. I really don't know, i no longer give a damn shit of why, how, where and who infected me. The important thing now is to keep my sanity and maintain the humanity that might still resides in me.
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