tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post6622542141965858635..comments2023-09-30T09:41:52.224-07:00Comments on The Well Spoken Negro's Salon: On Oprah Returning to the Town That Closed a Public Pool (in 1987) Because an HIV+ Man Took a DipUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-69523287149908167352010-09-18T20:39:20.628-07:002010-09-18T20:39:20.628-07:00At Anon #2: There was no evidence that Sisco was ...At Anon #2: There was no evidence that Sisco was bleeding as he swam. Even then, it was pretty clear how one could contract the disease. If this were 1982-3, I might have been more sympathetic to the panic, barely. But by 1987, we'd been almost six years into the AIDS epidemic. So, I don't think the actions were, reasonable, even for the time.hscfreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248588351369527519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-47907975008628135582010-09-18T19:20:51.540-07:002010-09-18T19:20:51.540-07:00Seems like a reasonable concern in 1987. The blood...Seems like a reasonable concern in 1987. The blood supply had been tainted. Better safe then sorry. Today, we know that it is unlikely, but there were a lot of unknowns at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905181885778117365.post-62112983119659350072010-09-16T16:52:08.400-07:002010-09-16T16:52:08.400-07:00Catching HIV in a swimming pool! You'd be har...Catching HIV in a swimming pool! You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who would support that claim.<br /><br /> In hindsight it seems obvious HIV isn't carried in water, or it would have spread wildly. <br /><br />Hysteria and lack of understanding fueled a fire so nasty that stigma still stand tall. <br /><br />Oprah did a public service with the original episode, as did her late guest for putting a face to a problem. The revisitation of what happened is precisely what we all need to see. Ugly moments are within all of us, and in all of our lives. <br /><br />The world has come a long way since the original broadcast.<br /><br />Miles to go...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com