Aids victims made poor choices ?

Question

Is it true that most all, not all, victims of Aids made poor choices ?

Yes ago, cult-feminists used generalized black and white logic to suggest that most is all.

This is question is not that at all.

Most is most, and all is all.

Answer 1

While many did make bad choices (drugs, unprotected sex) many were infected through bad blood during transfusions, many in third world countries were infected because they didn't know better.

It is sad...

Answer 2

Although many aids victims have made poor choices that resulted in their being infected with the disease, I don't know that it is fair to say that "most all" infected people got infected by making poor life choices. A perfect example of this would be the thousands of babies that are born hiv positive by an infected mother. And that mother could have very well been a rape victim. Of course this wouldn't be true in most cases, but you see the point I am trying to make here.

Answer 3

We cannot generalize here- yes some of the people who have aids have made poor choices- like gays and those who practice promiscuous sex. However what poor choice did the person make that was conceived to a woman with aids, and was affected? none- same with blood transfusions, before they were checked so closely- Those that have made poor choices and have AIDS gave these other people Aids- that was a poor choice- but not everyone who gets AIDS got it because of a poor choice- yes Aids is caused by sin, so sin affects others.

Answer 4

Considering the facts and how aids is transfered from one person to another... Yes, many people with aids have it because of poor choices they made.... Not all of course, there was a time when people unknowingly were infected by blood transfusions. And babies of infected mothers sure can't hold any blame.

I have a cousin with aids and he told me he knows how he got it and he got it from having unprotected sex with someone he barely knew. He made a bad choice.

Answer 5

We all make poor choices. There are risks involved. Some of us just got lucky. I feel that those who contracted HIV from needles and such made poorer choices than those that contracted it from sexual activity because the risk for HIV is more likely with dirty needles, but that is just me.
Either way, someone can lie to you and say they dont have HIV, or they may not know. Can you honestly say you have never slept with someone before they had an HIV test? And if you havent, then what is the risk that after the test was done, they slept with someone else, etc. There are no guarantees, but knowing your partner helps too.

Answer 6

That's a generalization that many die-hard religious fanatics may use to try and justify some people getting HIV/AIDS. And while they usually cite homosexuality as the bane that most efficiently spreads the disease, it is, of course, not limited to homosexuals.

I'm a Christian, and shun homosexuality...but I don't think that these people deserve to be inflicted with an incurable disease. My wifes uncle is gay, and he contracted HIV from one of his ex-partners. But I see that the family suffers each and every time this man sneezes, or thinks he might have a cold. I feel so deeply sorry for him because he'll likely have to live out the rest of his life in fear and paranoia.

Also, many of those infected with HIV in the United States contracted it from blood transfusions. I know of a lady who got it this way, and she now works for Emory trying to find a cure for it.

There are many people in third-world countries that contracted it simply because of the region they live in, and the fact that it's harder to regulate in those places. So, to answer your question, many/most of those who are infected made no choice at all...they were either born with it, or contracted it by other means.

Answer 7

In reality, I'd imagine most AIDS victims we infected by no cause of their own - blood transfusions, infected mothers, the impoverished and uneducated who may have never even heard of AIDS, forced prostitution, health care workers, etc.

The only bad choice I can think of related to AIDS is unprotected sex and that certainly doesn't "deserve" infection with AIDS.

Answer 8

actually no,

unless you call a woman bieng raped in africa a "poor choice" That is one of the high reasons for aids there.

in most 3rd world countries aids information is severly lacking. would you call opening a door with a tiger behind it a poor choice?

how about if you had no clue or indication that there was a tiger behind it. One critical bit of info that can save your life.

Same with aids. even in america, in poorer neighborhoods aids awareness and hiv and std awareness is severly lacking.

there are people that still believe you can get aids from a toilet seat.

I would also imagine that less educated people and communities in rural areas also have a severe lack of aids awareness and understanding.

And even with protection and condom use, and you are not in a high risk category (no drug use, not a male gay) then you can still get the virus, although condom use greatly decreases the chances of contracting the HIV virus that results in aids.

Answer 9

Hemophilia isn't a choice.

Other than that, you could say that many who catch HIV do so in high-risk situations. Unprotected sex and sharing of needles in this day and age are a really bad idea. That being said, it doesn't mean that someone who has made a bad decision deserves to contract a fatal disease. So it's a mistake to say that people who get HIV deserve it, as if it's god's punishment for "sinful" behavior. People who say that should go to hell.

Answer 10

I don't think that the thousands of babies born every year infected with AIDS made bad choices. Also there are thousands of faithful wives who contract the disease every year; I suppose their bad choices were in trusting their husbands...

No, AIDS does not discriminate regarding whom it will infect. It is a virus. No one deserves AIDS... no matter who they are... And it is not God's punishment for sin... It is a virus.

God Bless.

Answer 11

Most AIDs victims reside in Africa where they may have little concept of what the disease actually is and how it is contracted.

This not poor choices. This is lack of access to education and resources.