Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV -- let's get rational

There was a headline in newspaper said,” people do stupid things. That is what spreads HIV”. Elizabeth Pisani who is the presenter disagrees with the opinion because she thinks most of people get HIV for perfect rational reasons. There are two general ways to spread HIV which is sharing the same drug needles and having sex, and she gives us her example to support her ideas. The first one is about drugs. Many surveys show that most of the drug people know where can they get the clean needle, but it is legal to carry needles. Therefore, they are rather to share needles with other people than using their own needles. The data shows the counties which are allow people carry needle have much less HIV people than the counties which are not allow. Second, she says people who are sex workers because they can make more money, and she says people rather to pay more money to treat HIV people than give sex worker a better condition to work. As a result, she hopes us can choose vote with rational.



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Response:

I think this is a great show! I really love this video. I thought people who gay HIV because they are crazy and stupid before. However, after I watched this show, I think I am stilly. I think we have responsibility for people who get HIV. As Elizabeth Pisani says we do not give them good conditions to have drugs and sex. This sounds kind of crazy, but I think this is truth. I do not think less people will have drugs because it is illegal to carry a needle. The result is same why we do not let drug people to carry the needle. Also, sex workers, we should give them better condition. Everybody knows we have sex worker and we cannot stop them to work, so why we do not give them a batter condition. We think their pity and want to help them after they get HIV. In contrast, we do not want to help them to get better condition. I think we are not rational. Our desistions are not rational


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