MY REPLY TO 'EYEOPEN'. Review on AIDS Awareness

EYESOPEN wrote a review that 'AIDS: THE BIGGEST SCAM OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'. He write very well and the review can be found at:

https://mouthshut.com/readreview.php?rid=21818&r=1

I will let you read the review for yourself, as I'm not going to repeat it. I am not sure if he really believed this or if he was 'pulling our legs'. If it was the later it was not a nice thing to do. Many of us have had someone we love, a member or our family or a friend died of AIDS.

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT AIDS:

The first case of AIDS that was diagnosed was a Steward who worked for a Canadian Airline. He was 'gay' and had unprotected sex while he was in Africa.

The first real case was diagnosed after that was really the first case of AIDS. It was an 18 year old man who died right after WWII and had never had sex and never left his port town in England. He had donated blood. When he died his Doctor did not know why and kept the inside organs stored until the word came years later that the Steward had died. He sent the young man’s liver to Atlanta to be tested and that is how everyone learned about him.

The famous movie star was a victim of AIDS. He was looking for a cure across the World. One of the places he went was a clinic in Paris. He was told that there was no known cure for AIDS. As he was leaving the clinic the media was waiting for him. News flashed spread across the World and that is when we all 'learned' about the virus called AIDS.

At that time most of us shrugged and thought 'I'll never know anyone with AIDS', (it was also the time when most 'gays' hadn't 'come out'.

Elizabeth Taylor, (the actress), was the first famous person I remember to start raising money to find a cure for AIDS. She did this because her daughter-in-law had contacted AIDS.

Doctors did believe that HIV was the first stage of AIDS but now they believe, (as 'eyesopen' said 'they are two different diseases').

It is true that HIV and AIDS are 2 different diseases you can go from HIV to AIDS. Not always but most of the time.

INFORMATION FROM THE OFFICE ON THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, (The U.S.A.'S National Institutes of Health):

'Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a life-threatening lung infection that can affect people with weakened immune systems, such as those infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. More than three-quarters of all people with HIV disease will develop PCP if they do not receive treatment to prevent it. PCP is caused by a tiny parasite that can infect the eyes, ears, skin, liver and other organs. The parasite remains in the body for life and it can cause disease at any time if the immune system becomes severely damaged, (i.e. when you have come in contact with the virus of HIV).'

HOW IS AIDS DIAGNOSED:

A Doctor will notice their patient has become tired have a dry cough and have difficulty when you breathe. If you are HIV-positive or have AIDS you won't have the energy to do the things you used to do. If you go to your Doctor a blood test will them him/her if your blood count has changed.

Most people don't go to their Doctor when they are tired and so the virus grows. We all know that you can't take anything to get rid on any virus, (i.e. the Flu), and so the first time a person that has been infected will go to their Doctor is when they develop Pneumonia. When the Doctor sees that it is a 'Childhood type of Pneumonia' they won't need the blood test to tell them their patient has AIDS.

I HAVE LOST FRIENDS AND FAMILY FROM AIDS:

Most of the people I loved who died from AIDS were 'gay' and one was a 'drug user',  (and contacted it from sharing dirty needles).

My friend died of AIDS at 70. He contacted HIV from a blood transfusion after an operation.

CURES:

There are no cures from either diseases but a 'cocktail' of a variety of medicines can help keep HIV in 'check'. People with AIDS know they are on their last path of life.

SOME THOUGHTS:

I don't like the fact that the United States being blamed for 'big conspiracy'.

I know that everyone with HIV does not go on to have AIDS. I

also know the same virus cases many allergies and the people that have them don't get HIV.

The one thing I know is that people that have/had AIDS had the HIV virus first.

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