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Geneva, IL

There have been incidences that we all know of someone somewhere who deliberately infected someone.
What's your feeling on the topic?

May 8, 2024
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Members responded strongly to the question of whether someone can deliberately infect another person with HIV, with the overwhelming consensus... Read more

Members responded strongly to the question of whether someone can deliberately infect another person with HIV, with the overwhelming consensus being that doing so is morally wrong, illegal, and unforgivable. Several members shared personal experiences of being intentionally infected, and many emphasized the importance of disclosing HIV status to partners, getting tested regularly, and using protection. A recurring theme was that while intentional infection deserves serious legal consequences, many new infections happen because people do not know their status, pointing to the need for open conversations and reducing stigma.

A myHIVteam Member

I knew about condoms, and their use in protecting against HIV infection @A myHIVteam Member. Each time I tested HIV negative, I would say to myself that I would do better to use condoms every time.

What worked for me was testing HIV+. After that, there was no question regarding condom use. Too bad I couldn't learn that prior to HIV infection.

Just about everyone I told this grim tale ultimately tested HIV+ themselves. We are not as clever as we think.

May 18, 2024
A myHIVteam Member

@A myHIVteam Member I made sure that condoms were a requirement until I fell deeper into my drug addiction then there were no rules

May 19, 2024
A myHIVteam Member

@A myHIVteam Member. Understood. When you are killing yourself with dope, nothing much matters but getting high.❤️

May 19, 2024
A myHIVteam Member

No matter what your history contains, it's still pretty F'd up not to care about others. No excuses. @A myHIVteam Member

May 16, 2024
A myHIVteam Member

@A myHIVteam Member. Part of that problem is a total failure by adults in USA to be able to speak and teach about sex education without extreme discomfort. Then, as adults, we do no better at communicating our own wants and desires to the people we are with in bed. Crazy. Add to that the loaded topics of HIV and prevention, and silence beats the buzz kill. I think that is why we fail to have these important conversations, rather than being so enveloped in the throes of passion that we men are just following where our peckers point.❤️🤠👍

May 11, 2024

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