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Rabbi okays HIV-positive organ donation
Dr. Itay Gal
Published: 06.05.13, 13:28
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1. This decision should be reversed since HIV
Rivkah   (05.07.13)
is so infectious and can kill not only the HIV organ recipient but also all the person's family and close friends. HIV can be transmitted through the skin or by breathing it in when an HIV patient coughs and pollutes the air. The HIV virus is so tiny it goes through latex gloves and only fools operate on HIV positive patients. They should be put in to a separate community as Cuba and Russia do and be separate from the general population which is at risk from them.
2. amen
Rafi ,   Afula   (05.07.13)
This is a plague we must not avoid for fear of "political correctness". Those with AIDS must be removed from the society of decent and healthy people rather than forced upon us against our will. These kind of measures will only increase the tragedies from inadvertent spreading to friends and families and bring heartbreaks.
3. @Rivkah, that's not true
Smadar ,   Ariel, Israel   (05.07.13)
HIV does not get transmitted though skin contact or breathing the same air or coughing. It only gets transmitted through direct contact with blood, blood products, body tissue or organs that contain blood traces, sperm or vaginal secretions. That's why it is usually tranmitted by unprotected intercourse, needle sharing among drug abusers, and sometimes through blood donations or contact with blood in medical settings. I can only call on everyone to inform themselves properly about HIV (and other dieseases) before spreading panic by disseminating false claims. (And, just to avoid knee-jerk talkback reactions to my post, I myself don't have HIV!)
4. HIV is a deadly disease
R.A.Y.S. ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.07.13)
Organs affected: Mostly your Immune system, which protects your body from harmful viruses. Which is why it is so hard to come up with a cure for aids because it attacks the one function in your body that prevents all other viruses attacking it. So thus, it would be almost impossible to find a replacement system that functions in the same way. HIV can be transmitted from an infected person to another through: Blood (incl. menstrual blood), Semen, Vaginal secretions, Breast milk, Sexual intercourse(all variations), Sharing injection needles, HIV mother transmits the virus directly before or during birth, The following “bodily fluids” are NOT infectious: Saliva, Tears, Sweat, Feces & Urine
5. #1, 2!
Makina ,   New York, USA   (05.08.13)
HIV is very difficult to pass from person to person. It must be transmitted by blood contact to blood contact, or via specific other bodily fluids into the bloodstream. The virus itself is fragile and does not live outside the human body.
6. 3,4,5: If you listen to a lecture by Chuck Missler on HIV
Rivkah   (05.08.13)
that is available through his Koinonia House Ministry, you will learn the public has been deceived on the transmission routes of HIV. It can be transmitted by sex even with a condom because the HIV virus is so small it is like bb's going through a chain link fence when HIV virus goes through latex condoms. AIDS patients often have tuberculosis from their weakened immune systems and when they cough, the HIV virus piggybacks the tuberculosis bacteria and is airborne and can be breathed in and infect those who breathe it in. HIV stays living on surfaces for 24 hours, so when you go to a restaurant take Chlorox spray and clean the table before putting your hands on the table since the HIV can go through the skin. It is that small. The public is not told this by governments because the HIV was put into smallpox and hepatitis vaccines to reduce the world population. Don't think so? Dr. Stan Monteith and Dr. Ken Horowitz and others traced the outbreaks of AIDS around the world and it followed the vaccinations of World Health Organization (part of United Nations) in inner city homosexual populations and third world countries. Dr. Stan Monteith is the founder of Radio Liberty. The outbreak of AIDS occurred twenty years or less after the WHO vaccinations of populations. You all need to read the right information instead of believing governments who want their populations reduced and keep the truth from the people.
7. Rivkah
AY ,   USA   (02.06.14)
Have you read the intro Chuck Missler wrote to a book claiming Vatican communicates with aliens? (Like the ones from space) Why do you even suggest relying on some Christian preacher's evangelizing?
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