Comments on: Using New Media to Act Against AIDS

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:02:11 +0000

This article has really opened my eyes to the subject. I was not aware that the numbers were that high especially in the U.S.A.

By: Ralph DeLuca

Ralph DeLuca — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:43:13 +0000

That is a frightening statistic for this day and age. Hopefully the evolution of the web can help spread the word much better that it has been.
Ralph DeLuca
Madison, NJ

By: junior

junior — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:52:21 +0000

woo every 9½ minutes someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV? i thought that Africa is the main continent facing this big problem! I think that i should blog about this. If everybody could blog about Aids people will be more aware about the danger! some are still saying that Aids is just a scam or a conspiracy of the gov to sell condoms

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:31:37 +0000

I think you need to be more, way more aggressive on this subject.
When I was going to school, my parents made me watch a PBS movie about people on drugs. I made my friends watch it with me…the results…none of us ever, EVER took drugs. It left us with a deep regard of what we might go through if we did start taking drugs.
The movie showed what people looked like after the body started rebelling about the drugs the person used. It showed men and women bloated to the point they couldn’t move, is showed the infections in the track marks down the arms and behind the ears, it showed how these men and women looked just before they died and it showed them dying and dead.
The movie was a documentary, I don’t even remember who made it, but my point is if the kids these days saw a movie of AIDS patients from the beginning to the end, they would think twice or three times about sleeping around thinking they’re not going to get HIV/AIDS.
One of the problems of the USA is we are babied by the media. We don’t see the blood shed, bombing victims, or any of the bad “stuff” in life so we always think it’s not going to affect us so we can do it. Young people are the worst for thinking this…I say show them what really happens to people with AIDS…they will think twice about “doing it”.
Sara

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:29:41 +0000

Another way of getting the word out would be to engage in facebook groups, myspace groups,yahoo groups etc. to weed your way into these groups to spread the word. Also using pay per click advertising through these sites will also help.

By: fas

fas — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:30:27 +0000

That is a pretty high frequency. US aside, can you tell the statistics for the whole world? And also Africa, because Africa is the most affected by HIV and AIDS.