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Safer Than Eating, Driving, Swimming or Walking Down Stairs!

Safer Than Eating, Driving, Swimming or Walking Down Stairs!

In the past 17 years (since the introduction of life saving ARV medications for people with HIV) there has not been one single case of accidental transmission of the virus, even among household members who eat, drink, play, and even bleed together sometimes!

-info: Center for Disease Control

We like to think that we would never intentionally put ourselves or our children 'at risk'. However it is helpful to keep in mind that every day we make a choice between Risk and Reward.

If we consider these unnecessary activities to be worth the risk, then surely having the love of a child and the privilege of saving a life is worth the comparably small and (according to experts) FAR less dangerous 'risk'.

More Risky...

Backyard Trampolines

HorseBack Riding

Eating Out

Gymnastics & Cheerleading

Amusement Park Rides

Swimming

Hiking

Perspective

93 deaths every DAY in car accidents¹ -4 every HOUR

10 deaths every DAY from swimming accidents ²

8 deaths every DAY from fire accidents⁵

4.9 deaths every DAY from falling on stairs⁵

2.5 deaths every DAY from choking⁵

1.5 deaths from lightening strike every WEEK²

4.4 deaths on amusement park rides per year⁸

Ø Over the past 17 years there have been ZERO reported cases of household transmission.²

(This is likely due to vast changes in the ratio of people with AIDS versus HIV. Modern medicine is so affective that it often renders the virus UNDETETABLE in lab tests.)

The Odds

According to the National Safety Council, the lifetime odds of dying through these means:

· motor-vehicle accident - 1 in 84

· pedestrian - 1 in 627

· falling on stairs - 1 in 2,255

· drowning - 1 in 2,378

· choking on food - 1 in 4,411

· house fire - 1,192

· exposure to excessive natural cold - 1 in 5,444