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Kroeger's "AIDS and the Girl Next Door"
Most people are aware of AIDS, have knowledge of what causes it, and even realize the ways to avoid infection and spread of the virus. But here’s the paradox: despite all the knowledge, few people seem to be protecting themselves from being infected, as if the HIV infection can’t possibly happen to them. Brooke Kroeger’s “AIDS and the Girl Next Door” sets an example o ....
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.... be some careless mistake made by irresponsible lab-staff. Disbelief in the reality and denial of what is happening give a poor woman hope, and the test is repeated twice, having the same devastating results. The deadly disease is already a fact, but still does not make sense, being both scary and unreal. The shame comes on surface: “I kept focusing on shame. There is so much shame attached to this illness.” And here’s why. The HIV is most commonly passed during sexual contact and intrave ....
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