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HIV Immigration Restrictions
http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2007/04/18/71588
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It's just smart.
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Ever hear of needle sharing? You think that is a rare event? The other common form is Mother to fetus. |
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You have contradicted yourself twice now. I'm still unclear on your position. I'll try again, this time with smaller questions.
Do you think the US should bar immigrants who have HIV because they have HIV? Do you think the US should bar immigrants who have a sexually transmitted disease, communicable only through sex? I know you said yes to this earlier, but I'm still confused, sorry. You see, they're two different questions, as you clearly pointed out, since HIV is not transmitted only through sex. |
HIV is not only transmitted by sex and is terminal.
I think one should not be allowed into the US with it. |
terminal.. heh. Man, everything's terminal. It's not cooties, y'know.
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So, you are ok with letting Ebola and advanced TB in also, I assume?
Everything's terminal... why the hell not? |
I say let HIV victims in simply because if we can turn them away for that, what next? If they're safe and conscientious about it, they are not a danger to anyone. A freedom lost by any is a freedom lost by all.
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"What's next" is never a valid argument. Hell if it was there would not be one law.
Non-citizens don't have US freedoms. |
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"Yes, any country should disallow immigration for someone with a disease that can only be transmitted sexually, and specifically HIV. I am not interested in accommodating people who are HIV positive from other countries." |
HIV is not transmitted only sexually and those that have it, obviously, have shown that they practice behavior that endangers others.
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Why stop at HIV then? How about HPV, which is incurable and some strains of which carry a high risk of cancer in women? (I recognize there is a vaccine, but it does not prevent all strains.) If a nation is worried about a burden on its healthcare system, do cancer patients get denied entry as well? What about someone with poor vision? He/she might get behind the wheel of a car - despite doctors and lawyers and authorities sternly telling him/her not to - and kill a bunch of kids crossing the street at the elementary school down the corner. Where does it end? I'm actually on the fence on this issue. The language school I attend - the biggest and best known on this island - requires an HIV test prior to entrance, which I think is absolutely ludicrous. Two thousand students - myself included - nonetheless submit to it every year, but a few of my classmates and I voiced our opinion to the director. Elsewhere in this country, HIV-positive students have been denied entry to public schools, and some others have been declined for medical treatment at local hospitals. The government has started providing treatment for patients, but more importantly, the education is lacking severely. A lot of countries already have restrictions on HIV patients. http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/...ures_1230.html |
I think John Howard is a dickhead and getting worse. The media has turned on him too, so that's not making life easier for him.
As to restricting immigration, he's been doing it for years. TB is virtually unheard of here. Most kids are immunised in early puberty so it's very rare to hear of anyone with it, so in this respect, I think it's fair enough to restrict people with TB from entering the country, particularly as it's so easily transmissible. If I take this as my argument then I'd say it's unfair to restrict hiv patients as our country already has hundreds of hiv patients so it's not like a disease that's not already rife in the country. Also, it is not nearly as easily transmitted as TB. As I said, John Howard is a dick and he wont be in office long enough to make this one stick anyway. |
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