Indian Child thrown out of school for having HIV.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6172075.stm
Does anyone else think this is a little harsh?
A kid got thrown out of an Indian nursery because he had HIV,due to protests of other parents.Ok,so the kid had HIV,but I do think the other parents overreacted-they threatened to shut the school down otherwise.Thoughts,opinions?
The Vuhifellian States
13-12-2006, 00:21
Ignorance is bliss. To embrace it is to embrace HIV paranoia.
Cabra West
13-12-2006, 00:21
It's sad to see the evident lack of information on HIV and ways it can be transferred... I guess this is one of the results of ignorance.
Do four-year olds share needles or something in India?
Cabra West
13-12-2006, 00:24
Do four-year olds share needles or something in India?
Do parents of 4 year olds in India know that needles can transfer HIV?
The Vuhifellian States
13-12-2006, 00:27
Maybe they think its like SARS, or, like, a common cold, only on steroids. Or they still think that only gays get HIV and they want to arrange their grandchildrens' marriages, which only a straight child could provide?
Do parents of 4 year olds in India know that needles can transfer HIV?
Maybe?
oh God... I feel sorry for the kid. That's just total insult to injury. SUrprises me that people worldwide still dont know the basics of HIV, guess I shouldnt be surprised.
Truthfully, I can kind of see where the parents might be coming from.
If this were High School, or Junior High, or even late Elementary, it'd be different. But four year olds probably don't really understand the gravity of this disease; moreover, like all kids do, they're like to get in fights, fall down, get cut, get scrapes, and other such things.
Certainly, the chance of two children getting cut in such a way as to share blood would be decidedly low, but if I were a parent, I have to admit I'd be rather worried.
On one hand, it does seem cruel and perhaps even ignorant to ostracize the child this way. On the other, the concerns aren't baseless. I suppose, essentially, these parents see this as a matter of their child's literal life or death, and have decided "better safe than sorry."
Drunk commies deleted
13-12-2006, 00:44
oh God... I feel sorry for the kid. That's just total insult to injury. SUrprises me that people worldwide still dont know the basics of HIV, guess I shouldnt be surprised.
Unfortunately such ignorance is too common to surprise me. In parts of Africa people rape virgin girls, thinking that it will cure their HIV. In South Africa the government is pushing for untested herbal remedies as alternative treatments to antiretrovirals.
Unfortunately such ignorance is too common to surprise me. In parts of Africa people rape virgin girls, thinking that it will cure their HIV. In South Africa the government is pushing for untested herbal remedies as alternative treatments to antiretrovirals.
Yet another reason I say we should stop sending teachers to asia and start sending them to Africa. The asians have decent teachers, Africans don't even have sucky teachers. (In most places)