Tell Arnold to Have a Heart. Don't Hurt AIDS Patients (3/27/09)

[lusti89]

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[JayCeeMuzik]

meow

[LearnMoney]

Is there an alternative program, or is this the only one in California? Is he proposing an alternative? This information should be made clear, wether or not there is an alternative or if this is the only program in California for this. Also, what kind of treatment do AIDS patients get? Im very familiar with HIV, but not AIDS. As another person said, people with AIDS are terminal, so what exactly does this program provide?

[LearnMoney]

Ok after researching this a little more, I see that its not just AIDS patients, its HIV patients as well. They need to make that more clear if they want people to jump on board. When people think of the needs an AIDS patient might need, they think of a person who is terminal with a prognosis of only 4 or 5 years (I could be wrong about this). HIV patients are living past 20 years now, so it would really help your cause to change the title to "HIV Patients" I think

[LearnMoney]

So people assume that an AIDS patient doesnt need medicine, they just go to a hospice or a hospital. I dont know much about AIDS so Im probably wrong about alot of this, but I know more about HIV than most people, so most people would probably be thinking the same thing I am when I think of AIDS and the prognosis and need for medicine.

[aidshealth]

An HIV Patient is someone who has a positive HIV sample in their blood stream. An AIDS Patient is much like an HIV Patient the difference is the the T-cell CD4 count went below a certain level which is named AIDS. Someone may be classified as having AIDS but may have the same T-cell CD4 count as someone who just has HIV.

[Shenron500]

it's the 31st are you guys gone?

[macready84464]

So really this has nothing to do with aids. this is about hiv. People with aids die. plain and simple. no amount of money is gonna save any lives if they have aids. Hiv on the other hand i can see that. They should consider renaming their organization to HIV healthcare. To be honest i wouldn't donate a dime to anything having to do with aids. Don't question the governator! and as for people who got aids through sex. serves you right. :D

[LearnMoney]

I know a girl in Thailand who's boyfriend cheated on her with a prostitute and gave her HIV. I only know a few girls in Thailand, so this is very common if out of those few girls one of them has experienced this. With prostitution as common as it is, this situation is probably very common. I'm sure its happened to many people in California as well, though not as many. In America, everybody knows somebody who's cheated, so anybody could get HIV through sex, even if they are careful.

[PaulPradaShow]

In one breath, the State bitches about HIV/AIDS being out of control and then in the next breath, cancels programs such as this. Ridiculous. He'll probably do nothing about it, the program will close and then years later when HIV/AIDS is out of control again, they'll scratch their heads and wonder why. I swear, for as educated as some of these politicians are, they such lack any sort of common sense. -Paul Prada

[figgypower]

California has over $60 billion in debt. That's $60,000,000,000. I'm having a difficult time figuring out how this program saves the State any money, because I can't find the information. Yeah, it's nice to help people, but what if money literally does not exist to provide that help?

[thetalesend]

The existing program actually saves the state money. HIV needs to be treated before it turns to AIDS. It is a savings to actually treat people before they go to the emergency room which costs tens of thousands of dollars why not prevent this cost through maintenance rather then emergency services?

[figgypower]

thetalesend, if the existing program actually save the State money, then you'd be right and Arnold would be and idiot. And, Arnold being an idiot is not outside the realm of possibility. As a suggestion, I think maybe a part of the campaign should focus on how the program will ultimate save the State money.

[thetalesend]

This is great keep up the good work and save those of us who can't.