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<v ->Okay so if a person's positive</v>

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and engaging in high risk behavior

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with somebody who's negative,

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it's foolish.

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This is an interesting subject.

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I really feel like it comes down

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to personal responsibility

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and my first question would be

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for the negative person,

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why aren't you protecting yourself?

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As opposed to why is this person engaging

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in the high risk behavior.

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Where's the responsibility here?

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A positive person needs to act

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in a responsible manner,

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however, the negative person also needs

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to act in a responsible manner as well.

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You know, you only become positive

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by having sex with a positive person, right?

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Or sharing infected needles with somebody

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who has HIV.

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But the flip side to that is that

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if you're negative, you need to take

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the precautions necessary to reduce your risk

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from contracting HIV,

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not just assume that everybody who's positive out there

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is going to tell you, especially people on the Internet.

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Folks hooking up on the Internet

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don't even have these conversations at all.

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Or they read their profile

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and it says, "Well, I'm positive,"

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or "I'm negative," or whatever it says on there

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and so they figure if it's in print, it's good enough.

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Those conversations need to happen

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before you have sex, or before you share needles.

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It's just as important for the negative person

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to ask questions and to take precautions

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as it is for the positive to be mindful

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of the behaviors they're engaging in.