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What you need to know about HIV

Many people understandably have concerns about coming in contact with people who are HIV positive.  A few facts may offer some reassurance. HIV is a fragile virus.  It cannot live for very long outside of the body.

  • It is NOT transmitted  through day-to-day activities such as shaking hands, hugging or a casual kiss.
  • People do NOT become infected from toilet seats, drinking fountains, doorknobs, dishes, drinking glasses, food or pets.
  • People do not get HIV from mosquitoes.
  • Need more info?  Go to www.cdc.gov/hiv or give us a call.

AIDS is now the greatest humanitarian crisis in history.

  • By 2010, 100,000,000 people will have been infected.
  • 25 million men, women, and children have already died.
  • Women and children comprise more than 60% of those infected.
  • AIDS is the #1 killer of adults under 60 in many countries.

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