With the cooperation of the officers, we identify adoptable animals, simply walk them next door, and provide them with a bath, basic veterinary care and safe shelter until the right family adopts them into their home. Our kennels are also filling up with other stray and unwanted pets. We cannot save them all, but in the short weeks since our doors have been open, we have rescued quite a few wonderful animals from certain death. At the end of our first year the numbers will be impressive. There is no comparison when it comes to AIDS and tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is an airborne disease.
AIDS is transmitted through bodily fluid, specifically blood and semen. I will agree with Mrs. Puckett in the sad fact that AIDS is not a treatable disease. However, it is controllable with education. I hug them, I eat with them, I share my things with them, and I have never once been worried about catching AIDS from them. I'll bet Mrs. Puckett would be surprised to learn that I, a healthy, white female, pose a bigger threat to AIDS-infected people than they do to me.