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In Oakland, AIDS Is Everyone's Business

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oakland ca

I see comments below about needle exchange. There are needle exchange programs in the area, a lot of the infection rates are due to, sexual contact hetero and homosexual.. there is a lot of prostitution male and female in oakland.. the approach we are taking will hopefully work.. they say when a community is in treatment it lowers the transmission rates due to lowered viral loads, which make the disease less infectious in people... We still need the government to assist needs of survivors!

September 28, 2010 oakland ca

Frederick Wright

Well the key word to me is Screening for it is clear that Testing for the Un Verified HIV.. Virus must use the word screening for facts about an HIV virus is being debate for the truth. The pain that people have that cause drug use must be adressed and a simple needle exchange or opiate replacement is noted, but community support and neighbor helping neighbor is the solution for me and yes for all to have a place, job in a community. It is a community problem and can not replaced with needles.

September 22, 2010 Tampa

nvhorseman

As this article said nothing about the make-up of the HIV population in Oakland, and nothing about MSM transmission, nor MSM on the down-low, I am assuming that the danger there is rampant drug use. The nation as well as Oakland needs to get into the 21st century and get a needle exchange program going for the addicts. Secondly, they need a new approach to drug addiction especially of the opiates. The drug IBOGAINE is proven to immediately stop the craving for opiates and ephedrine based drugs

September 16, 2010 Boonies, NV.

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