Interestingly, these two stories, hit the press practically back-to-back:
A major U.S. AIDS treatment group plans to file a lawsuit on Monday that accuses drug giant Pfizer Inc. of illegally promoting recreational use of its blockbuster impotence pill Viagra.The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) told Reuters it wants Pfizer to be barred from marketing Viagra as a lifestyle or sexual enhancement drug. The nonprofit organization said Pfizer's actions had led to risky behavior by men and an increase in HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
People who recklessly infect their partners with sexually transmitted diseases could soon be jailed.In a crackdown by the Crown Prosecution Service, adults with diseases such as chlamydia, syphilis and herpes will be liable for arrest and prosecution unless they warn their lovers about their condition.
Those who pass on hepatitis, gonorrhea and other sexual infections will also be targeted, as will people who transmit the HIV/Aids virus.
I really hope this is the beginning of a new era in which we will be taking seriously the consequences of promiscuity and the dangers thereof. Thus far, the only country, of which I am aware, that has taken a realistic approach in fighting the spread of STDs is Uganda, who, by encouraging the practice of abstinence, has dramatically reduced the HIV infection rate among its people.
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