HIV-Positive Toddler Banned From Pool

cheryllora 12:47:25 AM Jul 15 2008

foetusyumyums? And your point is? I don't know if you get it but...ugh...I don't want MY KID TO CATCH THAT KID'S HIV, END OF STORY! If you can't respect parents loving their children enough to PROTECT them from illnesses, deadly virus potentials, you should not be a parent. Should not have children under your care. They are in grave danger with people around them who would subject them to diseases that would kill them. Leukemia is thought to be caused by a 'virus'. My 1st son died of it, don't go there you have NO idea what you are talking about.

foetusyumyums 08:17:58 AM Jul 07 2008

God, you people that are saying "we need to be cautious" about the other children, are just really dumb aren't you?THE VIRUS CAN NOT EXIST ONCE ITS EXPOSED TO AIR.PERIOD! WHICH IS WHY ALL OF YOUR HYPOTHETICAL "OH MY GOD! I STEPPED ON THAT SAME PIECE OF GLASS AND GOTS THE AIDS!!!" STORIES ARE COMPLETELY STUPID, MISINFORMED, AND BORDERLINE HILARIOUS.But hey man, why inform yourself, when you can go on gut instinct, and ignorance?That's the Alabama Way.-F.Y.Y.P.S. If you can't keep your small child from walking on broken, bloody glass, maybe this whole parenting thing isn't for you. Might be time to buy a cat, or something.

cheryllora 12:08:01 AM Jul 03 2008

With everyone swishing their rear ends in the public pools I won't swim in one anyway, that is GROSS! It's like jumping into a cess pool. UGH!

cheryllora 12:06:01 AM Jul 03 2008

Why would anyone in their right mind want to risk infecting OTHER children with HIV? Apparently, if someone had been MORE cautious in the FIRST PLACE this little boy would not have HIV! Offended? I would be a LOT more offended if your adopted kid gave MY child that virus! It would destroy a healthy life just so that you won't be offended? Give me a break!

nazogrunty 06:53:47 PM Mar 15 2008

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barbedwirebat111 04:26:37 PM Mar 02 2008

POOLS CLOSED DUE TO AIDS!

icanhasnewsn 08:09:43 PM Feb 26 2008

obviously if he gets a cut then someone else can get it as well. and just because it is in chlorine does not mean that it is safe because if chlorine could kill aids and hiv then im pretty sure we would have a cure for it.

debunkernietzsch 05:02:13 PM Jan 21 2008

Horsepens40: How about this: YOUR SCENARIO DOESN'T HAPPEN. If you want to "minimize" your risk why don't you just keep your child away from all other children whatsoever? It is a great injustice that needs to be fixed.

horsepens40 12:46:05 AM Sep 03 2007

How about this scenario: Young Caleb steps on a broken piece of glass on the walk near the pool. His caring mother snatches him up, and rushes him to the restroom, trailing a path of dripping blood. Another kid comes running by and steps on the same piece of glass. No risk whatsoever? What if the second child was your own? Shouldn?t there be some consideration of the risk given to protect the second child? We unfortunately cannot protect young Caleb from the HIV infection that he has already been exposed to, but we can protect others against being exposed. Shouldn?t we do so if possible?

horsepens40 12:42:18 AM Sep 03 2007

No true scientist or researcher anywhere will tell you that there is zero risk, just ?that the risk of interpersonal transmission while in a properly treated pool is statistically insignificant?. This would not include a bleeding injury outside the actual pool itself. Or a mutual injury or a severe bite between him and another child. Another, more likely risk is the one his foster parents are exposing him to, by allowing him into a public pool, where he could be exposed to many other bacteria and viruses, which could affect him in a much more negative way than others due to his potentially suppressed immune system.