I'd rather take my risks with swine flu and then develop the antibodies than take experimental drugs. I don't have any underlying health problems that would be a danger for me were I to contract swine flu, so I'm not worried. I take the regular flu shot because it's been around for a good number of years now and no aftereffects have arisen yet, but being that this is the first year that the swine flue vaccine has been around and being that I almost surely won't die, I'll pass on that one.
At 10/15/09 05:21 PM, james44445 wrote:
Its also due to the fact that HIV is pretty easy to stop the transfer of. Which everyone has sex, they will realise that they are transmitting HIV every time that they have sex.
A lot of people don't realize that they have HIV before it's too late. Now, in industrialized countries, we can avoid taking any risks by simply using condoms every time we have sex. But, that's not the case in third world countries. It's much harder to stop HIV transmission due the fact that the disease doesn't present itself with any physical symptoms and third world countries don't have the medical technology to test for HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS also doesn't have a cure or vaccine and can only be controlled by antibiotics, which third world countries don't have.
But, because third world countries aren't filled with white, middle to upper class citizens of industrialized countries, we don't pay any mind.
Though, I agree that, like you said, swine flu is getting this much attention purely because it's new.
