Last night I was watching *** as Folk. I thought first that it was neat that they actually went and got real swimmers to play the roles of high school swimmers. Then when the races began, they had the teenager who had become HIV while trying to survive hit his head on the wall. I think that the only reason they did any of the story was so that they could have some one call out the word ***, have people scream about contaminated blood & be very histerical.
So this morning, I called a friend who works in Denver with they county AIDS task force and asked if he could find any case of anyone getting HIV from blood in the water or if there had been any studies of HIV virus living in chlorinated water. It can't.
I was wondering how anyone would react if this happened in real life to them. What would you do if you were swimming in a pool and some one began to bleed badly? I'm sure I've swam with some one who is/was HIV+, afterall I've lived in our nation's capital.
I'd be sorry the person had hurt him/herself and hope it wasn't too serious.
If I were the one bleeding, I'd be mad--as in !@#$ wall! why'd the stupid thing get in my way? @#$%! ;)
Seriously, I'm guessing ppl put more contaminants in the pool with sweat and other bodily fluids (won't even go there!) than blood, and then too there are all the contaminants in the air on the way to the pool and back home.... Life is too short to worry 'bout too much stuff....
I'd be sorry the person had hurt him/herself and hope it wasn't too serious.
If I were the one bleeding, I'd be mad--as in !@#$ wall! why'd the stupid thing get in my way? @#$%! ;)
Seriously, I'm guessing ppl put more contaminants in the pool with sweat and other bodily fluids (won't even go there!) than blood, and then too there are all the contaminants in the air on the way to the pool and back home.... Life is too short to worry 'bout too much stuff....
