Sex ed does not promote promiscuity. Without sex ed, teens learn glorified sex from the media. The media promotes entertainment, not health care. The true facts about the global pandemic and why sexually active people and users of contaminated needles are at real risk. Information about transmission and prevention should be designed to change high risk behaviors.
Medical facts are most important to best educate about true dangers.
Despite recent medical advances, there is no therapeutic vaccine. Because of HIV s ability to mutate, there is not enough information about the long-term effects of these experimental medicines. Medicines remain expensive and beyond the reach of most people. People deserve the right to protect themselves from harm. A healthy future should be a basic human right.