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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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I work with Lifebeat the Music Industry's fight against AIDS.
In the 80s when AIDS first started to spread, mosquitos and everything else from touching things of infected people were blamed on the transmission. No one had any ideas as to how the transmission happened.
Transmission of AIDS is well established:
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Originally Posted by LifeBeat.org
How is HIV Transmitted?
HIV is transmitted from person to person through the exchange of bodily fluids. While the HIV virus can be found in all bodily fluids of an infected person only these fluids contain a high enough concentration of HIV to transmit the virus: - Blood
- Semen (including pre-cum)
- Vaginal secretions
- Breast milk
Modes of Transmission- Sexual - unprotected anal, vaginal or oral sex
- Sharing needles - IV drug use, tattooing, piercing
- Maternal/Child – before, during & after birth, including breast-feeding
- Blood transfusion before 1985
- Donor Products
- Job Injury
- Sharing of Sex Toys
HIV has not been proven transmittable by saliva, urine, feces, sweat, tears, vomit or mucus.
*HIV is NOT transmitted through casual contact including: hugging, kissing, using public toilets, sharing eating utensils, pools or coughing.
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From the KNOWHIVAIDS.ORG site, an organization that I also worked with which dispells rumors and presents facts.
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Originally Posted by KNOWHIVAIDS.ORG
How does someone get HIV?
Worldwide and in the United States, most people become infected with HIV through unprotected sex, including vaginal, anal and oral sex, and through injection drug use. Certain body fluids including blood, pre-ejaculation, semen, and vaginal secretions, can spread HIV. An HIV infected woman can pass HIV to her baby through pregnancy, labor, or delivery, as well as through breast milk. HIV cannot be spread by casual contact such as hugging or shaking hands. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has never resulted in HIV transmission.
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