Monday, November 14, 2005
China Builds Jails for HIV Positive and AIDS Sufferers
The BBC is reporting that China is building prisons to house AIDS infected and HIV-positive people.
Will China put this policy in place for Hepatitis C, malaria, or tuberculosis?
Basically, what China will do here, with regard to HIV and AIDS, is akin to what many countries did when they locked up mentally challenged or developmentally disabled in insane asylums. I don't think "jailing" people who have a contagious disease is the answer to reducing or ending the disease.
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The official China Daily newspaper says two separate prisons are to be built somewhere in Guangdong province.
China says it has almost a million people with the virus, but experts say the real figure is likely much higher.
The United Nations' Aids agency says that up to 10 million Chinese people could be infected by 2010 without more aggressive prevention measures.
Will China put this policy in place for Hepatitis C, malaria, or tuberculosis?
Basically, what China will do here, with regard to HIV and AIDS, is akin to what many countries did when they locked up mentally challenged or developmentally disabled in insane asylums. I don't think "jailing" people who have a contagious disease is the answer to reducing or ending the disease.
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