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| Dec 12, 2005 11:50 am |
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re: How AIDS evolved? |
Riya
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Serious Topic, some of us here talked about Aids Awareness day etc on December 1st....it is only good to be aware....
I had worked on an anti-aids campaign group few years back and thought of sharing the little information, i had gathered....
Its true that some theories say, HIV virus came from the Chimpanzees, there is a "Hunter" theory as well..the hunters who killed the Chimps, they say, either the blood from the wound or the meat eaten sometimes may have caused the spread. But this defies the current theory of spreading of AIDS.
In 1978 - for the first time, this disease came to light (it was not called AIDS then). Gay men from US and Sweden were the first to be diagnosed. The disease was called Gay Related Immune Disorder - or GRID. Then Hetrosexualsin other countries as well got similar symptoms.
In 1982, the name AIDS was acquired and made known to the world, but still it was not considered serious...it passed as a subject for jokes.
Three years later, the US government under the Presidentship of Reagan, took the matter serious on this disease and began larger research. Maybe the news of the film star Rock Hudson dying of AIDS in 1985 may have triggered further discussion
I guess in the early 90s, there were runours abuzz that even kissing could cause AIDS etc...infact many celebrities like Magic Johnson etc, came out in the open to announce that they are infected by the disease...
In India, i guess it was diagonised amongst the sex-workers in 1986. It is also told its predominant amongst truck drivers who have an extended stay away from their families and hence sexual contacts with multiple partners may be a cause.
After South Africa, i guess India is the second largest affected country (not too sure of this though). I hope people come together really abolish the world's oldest profession, apart from the awareness and prevention campaigns.
Unfortunately, i could not work further on that campaign that i worked earlier. However, am glad, my memory has not failed me, am able to share few facts.
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