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Viruses; AIDS & Ebola; Nature, Accident, or Intentional? |
16 Dec 1999 The Bible tells us that People are Destroyed for the lack of Knowledge. Black People are going have to wake up and get educated about the Disease known as AIDS. The black leaders are going have to spear head a Health Movement like none ever before and raise the awareness of HIV. In Africa millions are infected, and in America many go through life not knowing there are infected. We must deal with this issue ourselves and form a United Front, and save our future. Keith Muhammad 16 Dec 1999 #1 - don't believe the hype:- There's no such
thing as safe sex unless there is no sex 16 Dec 1999 There are two things we should do: 1. Read about the aids virus, and know how to prevent it. Which means get tested and abstain from a sinful life style that is mentioned in all of the scriptures know to man. 2. Come and join on to ALLAH and his messenger. Learn who you are, who the devil is, and who is God!! Charles Muhammad 16 Dec 1999 Churches (pastors) can address this situation in an educational manner, they could have health rallies to stress all that is needed to know about aids; in schools it should be extensively taught as well. Judy Bright 17 Dec 1999 In the name of Allah: Black people can first and foremost stop accepting the mainstream media's propaganda that some latex is safe sex. "Family Values" is something that must be practiced in our community. Seek the right information from sources independent of the mainstream media. Sex should be taught as something that a man and woman share when they are committed to Allah and are committed to each other. Mateen-Ali Shabazz 18 Dec 1999 Stop having promiscuous sex. Get married before you bed down. Stop acting like dogs and the lower form of animals. AIDS is no problem for those living a moral, lawful life. Mwamba Jabulani 18 Dec 1999 We can become more aware of our action. The best medicine is prevention, which means to avert we need to be educated and to have a good knowledge of ourselves. Joseph Nicholas 19 Dec 1999 Firstly, Blacks must recognize that Acquired Immune deficiency is a man made virus that was design to depopulate the Black race throughout the world. And we must educate our people from the basis that this is an act of germ and viral warfare, with some intentional purposes being carried out by evil perpetrators. Secondly, we must expose this genocidal plot to the world and truly begin to politicize the AIDS discussion; thus, to force the United States Government towards immediate action as far as solving this medical conspiracy. We must also be willing to take on the likes of the American Medical Association and the powerful pharmaceutical companies who dictate via as lobbyists to our elected officials what the AIDS policy is going to be. Thirdly, this war against AIDS has to be won in the trenches i.e., church ministries are going to have to change and the focus is going to have to be a social gospel that lends it self to educating and working to solve the daily needs of the people. Lastly, all of humanity regardless of our race, religion or sexual orientation must accept this deadly disease as potentially effecting the entire earth and view the urgency as a call to action. Fahim Knight 20 Dec 1999 We need more spokespeople to talk to our young. We need more role models working with our young. Men and women need to learn the values of abstinence when marriage is not a factor. Jaye P. Miller 20 Dec 1999 First of all start with the cleaning of the soul then everything else will be a more simple task in dealing with the beast. S. Limson 20 Dec 1999 The 'Black' aids epidemic is fairly simple to combat. The application of the remedy is where the real problem lies. Yes, monies need to be raised to highlight the threat that this indiscriminate disease poses, but it is the 'death' of morality upon our people that is an even bigger threat to our collective health. It may not be fashionable, but monogamy, faithfulness to our respective wives & husbands, supervised courtships for young adults and the respecting of our bodies provides a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. You may scoff and say that this is an unreasonable expectation in today's world. I say that the alternative is what we have now.......degradation, illness & pain and death. In other words 'a living hell'. Love and respect to the Honourable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the team at the Final Call. Ralph Daley 20 Dec 1999 I think it is time for the black community to question the moral standards that are set in America. Black people, have accepted the moral standards of other people. We as black people had lost our moral base. We have become the lost sheep. Kenneth Hearne Date: 21 Dec 1999 Information and knowledge must be given to the individual if we know or suspect that abstinence is not in effect. Randall Clemons 21 Dec 1999 We as a people must stop involving ourselves in such unnatural sex acts unprotected. We must begin advising the youth with visuals of what occurs from the aids virus. Continue our attack on drugs which has contributed to the rise of aids in our community. Start some serious campaigning beginning with the young women since black women will be the new #1 carrier of this virus. Anna August 21 Dec 1999 First of all, spiritual guidance is indeed the top priority. Second of all, education is highly important and must be distributed to the masses. Drug abuse programs are needed in our communities where IV users can get help and kick their habits. As far as globally is concerned, that's a more complex issue because if healthcare is inadequate for Blacks in this country, imagine the situation over there for our brethren in Third World countries? However, if we push for the UN to subsidize monies to these countries for the Kemron treatment, that could curb the effect some. Ms. Harkins
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