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::: sigh ::: I know. Hopefully this will help them wake up and take healthier actions.
::: sigh ::: I know. Hopefully this will help them wake up and take healthier actions.
Praying for One last Great Awakening in the Church, and a huge-a-mongous Revival!
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definitely huge-a-mongus.
Praying for One last Great Awakening in the Church, and a huge-a-mongous Revival!
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definitely huge-a-mongus.
While this story is truly saddening, I think you have made an error. The CDC survey says that HIV infection is on the rise among young men, not AIDS infection, as your headline reads. While I hope you know the difference between HIV and AIDS, you seem to imply that if you have one, you have the other, which is not always true. If I get infected with HIV, it could be decades before I show any symptoms, and I might even be lucky enough to live the rest of my life without developing AIDS at all. So just because HIV infection is on the rise in a certain demographic, it does NOT necessarily mean that AIDS is on the rise as well. In fact, it could be years before we have enough data to accurately say that.
While this story is truly saddening, I think you have made an error. The CDC survey says that HIV infection is on the rise among young men, not AIDS infection, as your headline reads. While I hope you know the difference between HIV and AIDS, you seem to imply that if you have one, you have the other, which is not always true. If I get infected with HIV, it could be decades before I show any symptoms, and I might even be lucky enough to live the rest of my life without developing AIDS at all. So just because HIV infection is on the rise in a certain demographic, it does NOT necessarily mean that AIDS is on the rise as well. In fact, it could be years before we have enough data to accurately say that.