WORLD AIDS DAY!

SO! World AIDS Day, December 1st, is fast approaching (I know right!?).

Sometime within the next 62 days I would like 100 of my friends to get tested.

Why do I want my friends and family to get tested?

In 2002 there were 5 MILLION people NEWLY infected with AIDS and an ADDITIONAL 3.1 MILLION people DIED of complications due to AIDS. 5 million is a HUGE number, and although the world is a big place you would be surprised to know how connected you could be to someone with the disease.

IF you don't believe me head on over to GMHC.org for the numbers.



In June of 2002 there were almost 80,000 known (100% known positive) people with AIDS in New York City ALONE! And those are only the cases they KNOW of. It's said that only about HALF the people who have AIDS in NY know it... which means that number was actually closer to 160,000 in New York alone.

SCARY SCARY SCARY! Those poor people!

But this is all the more reason to protect yourself when having sex... only half the people in this city who have AIDS know it!

GET TESTED!

In Maine in 2004 (AIDSaction.org) there were almost 1,400 people living with AIDS. In YORK COUNTY there were 155 people living with AIDS. Those are the reported cases remember... so the actual number could be around 300... in York County alone!

AIDS IS EVERYWHERE and can touch ANYONES lives. Please! Test yourself. Be open, be honest, get tested, and get help or help others.

Want to get tested in Maine? Look for FREE clinic hours here, here, here, or just Google it yourself.

REMEMBER... 100 friends and family members by December 1st!!!!

Let me know if you get tested! I don't need to know the results, just let me know if you did it!



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