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aktornado · 11-30-2004, 01:50 PM

So I keep hearing how AIDS is such an epidemic in Africa... All of these staggering statistics about how bad it is... and it really is staggering.

5 million Africans were infected with HIV in 2003

An estimated 25 million adults and children are living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa, and an estimated twelve million children have been orphaned by AIDS.

In 2003, 2.2 million people died from AIDS.

All this leads me to one question....

Why don't they just stop having sex? Honestly? WTF is wrong with them? AIDS rates are near 40% in some countries, yet they just keep on banging like bunnies. Does this just seem incredibly stupid to anyone else?

I know some of you will say "It's not that easy." But it is. If I'm in an area where 40% of the population has AIDS, I'm NOT having sex. Therefore, I won't get AIDS. If YOU don't have sex, YOU won't get AIDS. If no one has sex, NO ONE GETS AIDS!

Sorry if I sound insensitive, I know AIDS is a horrible disease, and we should do everything in our power to get rid of it, but honestly, if there's an epidemic in Africa, it's stupidity, not AIDS.

11-30-2004, 01:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
aktornado Tilted	The thing about AIDS in Africa that I don't understand... So I keep hearing how AIDS is such an epidemic in Africa... All of these staggering statistics about how bad it is... and it really is staggering. 5 million Africans were infected with HIV in 2003 An estimated 25 million adults and children are living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa, and an estimated twelve million children have been orphaned by AIDS. In 2003, 2.2 million people died from AIDS. All this leads me to one question.... Why don't they just stop having sex? Honestly? WTF is wrong with them? AIDS rates are near 40% in some countries, yet they just keep on banging like bunnies. Does this just seem incredibly stupid to anyone else? I know some of you will say "It's not that easy." But it is. If I'm in an area where 40% of the population has AIDS, I'm NOT having sex. Therefore, I won't get AIDS. If YOU don't have sex, YOU won't get AIDS. If no one has sex, NO ONE GETS AIDS! Sorry if I sound insensitive, I know AIDS is a horrible disease, and we should do everything in our power to get rid of it, but honestly, if there's an epidemic in Africa, it's stupidity, not AIDS.