As HIV Tries to be Smart, We Need to be Even Smarter
HIV is proving to be smart as man is becoming difficult to work with. What other option do we have that will help us get out of this trap? Is there anyway you can help? This piece shades some light on this issue.
It really kept disturbing me why some people had doubts on the existence of God. Now, I know. The damage that HIV has done and is still doing is proving to be worse than even the two world wars. There is no part of the world where you will mention HIV and fail to get the attention of people. I mean, from the widows, the orphans, the infected and the affected everyone is just tired about this whole thing.
The question is; why isn’t a solution being found to permanently end this scourge? I mean even if you ask a child you will get to realize that they understand the ways of contracting the virus and the methods of prevention. This message has reached everyone. Yet, everyday we see more and more new infections. Has God abandoned his people? It depends on what you think and believe. God is not the type to desert you. He will always continue to demonstrate his undeserved kindness to humans.
Despite the fact that people know what should be done, not all are practicing that. That is the reason behind the increasing infections. The only thing that will save us is when we look for other preventions. There are a lot of people who are beyond the abstinence age and they have no permanent partner to be faithful to. Yet, sometimes they are forced to avoid condom use. This is the group who will benefit greatly from the HIV vaccine.
The people who have been infected have also not accepted to practice what they are told. Some of them keep behaving as though they are on some revenge mission. Even for their own health they are not supposed to be engaging themselves in unprotected sex. If they were adhering to this, there would be no much infections. At the same time, not everyone who is infected knows that they are. There is still that group who are afraid to test and know their status.
They will keep infecting those who do not know for sometime. So, the responsibility should be taken by everyone regardless of their status. You see mothers infecting their children out of ignorance. Who does not know about the prevention of mother to child transmission program that has been around since? We do, yet not all pregnant women are willing to have the test and give birth in hospitals.
Surely, it is God that will deliver us. Just the way he has helped scientists and medics to get the ART, he will help researchers get a vaccine. The vaccine will be our only help. So, when you see the call for volunteers in the trial studies, if you are not yet infected, please take the responsibility to volunteer.
Authored By Elmeldah Obiero, Kenya
Tags: HIV
3 Responses to “As HIV Tries to be Smart, We Need to be Even Smarter”
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June 12th, 2008 at 8:48 am
We better take responsibility for our actions and not blame anyone for the menace of HIV, including God. God gives directions to us, we are the people who fail to comprehend those directions and go astray..anyway, good topic though well known, written nicely..
June 12th, 2008 at 9:58 am
i think that some points could also be added like use of screened blood only and especially attitude of public towards HIV+ people so that they don’t infect others with infected needle as a revenge.over all nicely written
June 12th, 2008 at 10:08 am
It is an excellent and encouraging blog because it will go a long way in providing care & support to the infected and it will also prevent those who are HIV negative. This is certainly going to be helpful to control the development of AIDS if we are smarter than HIV.