HIV Thailand

[lazytiger8]

This is outrageous when these people were alive did they give consent to be displayed like this?! Show some respect. Is the purpose here to educate? I think not. It is a freak show to make people curious and donate money. This place should be closed - noone with HIV need die this way in 2011 in Thailand.

[finate]

@lazytiger8 No one need to day this way in 2011? This is SO damn western. Do you think these people are there for fun? They're there because their families reject them, because they're too poor or just too sick to get somebody to care for them. This temple is a chance for many HIV infected people to die in at least a tiny bit of dignity.

[lazytiger8]

@finate Pfft... regardless of whether it is Western, Eastern, Southern or Northern......seems our definitions of respect and dignity are different.

[finate]

@lazytiger8 And to be honest, I don't think people who spend their last weeks or even days in this temple give a shit about "giving their consent", they have plenty of other things in their heads. I'd even go further and say most of them are happy because photos like this show the world how HIV can end your life. And it really doesn't matter why people donate money to this temple, as long as it keeps providing HIV infected a place to die in dignity it's a very good thing.

[lazytiger8]

@finate okay.....now I know our definition of respect and dignity are different. So why doesn't the temple give these people treatment rather than letting them die unnecessarily? Are you going to try and argue that the right to treatment is a 'western concept'?

[daviddouglasstanley]

So if one person in line to get vaccinated was infected, those after them became infected. there is a correlation between between the two. And in science: correlation is NOT causation.

[daviddouglasstanley]

HIV is related to SIV and did come out of Africa most likely from slaughtering monkeys for food. Monkey blood mixed with humans'. Over time SIV mutated into HIV. HIV was being transmitted in small pockets of the African population until the world health organizations instituted mass vaccinations. Also many roads opened up vast areas of Africa with increased mobility of infected persons. During the vaccination programs the medical professionals used one syringe for many people.

[DILIORA2]

it was in 1950s not 78 ;)

[DILIORA2]

now monkeys in Thailand and all over the world now has it huh? dumb ass!

[dutchlandboxe]

the probleme of this disease is thai rules.

[racenemo]

AIDS is a monkey related illness first shown in Africa where the ATE the monkeys

[Linia307]

Not only they eat the monkeys but have sex with them as well.

[patitochiquitoeyema]

cuando sera la cura,

[patitochiquitoeyema]

cuando sera la cura,

[jasonpascall]

that was hard to watch

[THEINSIDEJOS]

And the Thai government want more sex tourism. They put their greed for money ahead of lives. I know for a fact that the H.I.V rate in Thailand is double the number that the Thai government tell us.

[Candyann22]

Thailand has a pop of 61.5 million ppl. Approx 1 million with aids, so what you are saying is that it is probably more like 2 million.

I am surprised people still run to Thailand for sex.

I love Thailand for the other things... sex you can get anywhere, the beauty of Thailand you cannot.

[mdesignffm]

thank you for caring about hiv in thailand. you can find another video about exactly this place titled 'please do understand' on the right...