cookmo

I am currently taking a medical ethics class and we have a tendency to deviate from the topic were supposed to be discussing. In the class on thursday this woman told us about a dilemma she is having. She lives in an apartement 2 doors down from her friend who has full blown AIDS. This persons 3 year old son also has it, thats how she found out about it. Well, the woman is very bitter and she is a prostitute. She was never a prostitute before contracting the virus, but now she wants to spread it as much as possible. Ive heard urban miths about this, but never really thaught that any one could be so vile. She says that she knows alot of the tricks and they are men with families and children. Whos wives have no idea. One of guys has had a cold for like six months now and has sores on his mouth, and shes pretty sure he has it now. She said at one point the girl was so sick she was in a hospice and they thaught she would die, but they gave her a new med and she rallied. She was hooking the very next day after coming home. So anyway, this woman in my class wants to tell, but she is afraid to. Its a very close community and she has her own kids to worry about. She scared of the repercussions. She tried talking to the health departement once, but because of hippa they wouldnt talk to her. Then also, she is not really sure if it is her place to say anything because these men obviously know what risk they are taking by being with a prostitute in the first place. The best we could come up with was to make an annonomous report on the prostitution, but she would probably be back on the streets soon anyway.What do you guys think?