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Lane Brown bad mouths RED(WIRE)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Written by Michael Vass
If I mentioned HIV/AIDS to you, I would expect that you might say a horrible disease that needs to be stopped. If I said that your help, a donation of say $2.50, would provide medicine and research for a cure to HIV/AIDS most would say no problem. It’s a small amount of […]

Grey’s Anatomy helps enrich HIV awareness

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Written by Michael Vass
Score one for broadcast television. With the advent of cable television, and now with the potential for the public to view 500 channels, broadcast TV has lost most of its power to influence. Once there was a time when a hit show could capture 30 or 40% of the population, today they […]

Can television commercials promote HIV and AIDS?

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Written by Michael Vass
Mrs. H,
Thank you for commenting. My response is not only to your comments but for those reading this post for the first time.
Now it’s not me saying this Levi’s 501 jeans commercial is about sex. I didn’t make it. But to watch this and to say they think that sex will […]

Levi’s 501 jeans - promoting HIV and AIDS?

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Written by Michael Vass
Have you seen this television commercial?

It’s goal is to sell the Levi’s 501 jeans. Given. And it’s using sex as the medium to make the jeans sell. Normal.
But should it be aired?
I’m not talking about violating the Freedom of Speech. I support and understand their right to make the commercial. They did […]

HIV and AIDS: the problem still exists

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Written by Michael Vass
One of the things you really have not heard about of late is HIV and AIDS. Of the various diseases in the world, this is one of the most deadly and it is also one of the easiest to prevent. Yet it continues to grow in numbers, recently in NYC a report […]

HIV Positive Man Gets 49 years

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

A HIV-positive man was sentenced to 49 years in prison after he knowingly infected sex partners with aids. Carl Leone was found to be reckless in his behavior by not taking the precaution to protect his partners by using a condom. It is believed that Leone did not tell any of his victims that he […]