Vaikundarajan spreads awareness about Aids on World Aids Day

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Vaikundarajan spreads awareness about Aids on
World Aids Day
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• December 1st is celebrated as World Aids Day
  every year all over the world
• This year, Vaikundarajan would like to break some
  commonly presumed myths about this life
  threatening disease

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Myth 1

• You get HIV Aids by being around people who are
  HIV positive
•  Evidence shows that HIV is not spread through
  touch, tears, sweat, or saliva
• You get HIV positive only from infected blood,
  semen, vaginal fluid, or mother's milk.

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Myth 2

• I can get HIV from mosquitoes
• Studies show no evidence to support this claim
• When insects bite, they do not inject the blood
  of the person or animal they have last bitten
• Also, HIV lives for only a short time inside an
  insect

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Myth 3

• Its very easy to spot an HIV- positive patient
• You can be HIV-positive and not have any symptoms
  for years
• The only way for you to know if you're
  HIV-positive is to get tested

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Myth 4

• If I am HIV-positive my life is over
• In the early years of the disease epidemic, the
  death rate from AIDS was extremely high
• But today, antiretroviral drugs allow
  HIV-positive people and even those with AIDS to
  live much longer, normal, and productive lives

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• Vaikundarajan supports this initiative to spread
  awareness about AIDS
• He extends his heartfelt sorries to families and
  friends who have lost their loved ones by this
  disease all over the world

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THANK YOU