An HIV Positive Muppet

This is actually a re-post, I found it on my friend, Jeff's blog. It spoke to me. It makes me sad that people live in a bubble and the world suffers for it.

I have a few friends who are living with HIV. Does that mean that they aren't my friends or that I don't hug them, or talk to them just like I would anyone else? No. It means they have a disease and they live with it each day. Bravely, I might add.

Did you know that HIV could be totally controlled in Africa by a few cents a day per person for meds? Literally the money we as Americans spend on bottled water could be used for meds for HIV or for clean water for Africans. That blows my mind.

Ignorance is bliss??

Sara




"In 2002, sesame workshop released a statement saying that they would be introducing an hiv-positive muppet to sesame street. what most people in the u.s. missed was that kami, the muppet in question, would not be appearing on the domestic version of sesame street, but the south african version, which is called takalani sesame. the producers of takalani sesame agreed that an hiv-positive muppet would be beneficial because south africa has the highest percentage of aids-infected people in the world, many of which are children. people became outraged that pbs would allow a children’s show to feature an hiv-positive character, and news sources and pundits went to town on the story. kami never appeared on the american sesame street, though she has proven to be a very successful character on takalani sesame."

is that too real for people?