Yesterday you received some trivia facts and questions. If you were able to use our mobile texting program Text2Survive or T2S, by texting the word GAME to 36363, you got instant feedback on yesterday's trivia questions. Answers to yesterday's trivia are posted at the end of this blog.
TODAY's FACTS & TRIVIA
Facts
• It is estimated that more than one million people are living with HIV in the USA and that more than half a million have died after developing AIDS.
• The CDC estimates that by the end of 2008 there were 490,696 people living with an AIDS diagnoses in the United States and five dependent areas, around 38,000 more than 2006
Trivia
1. How long does it take to get HIV test results?
2. When should I get tested?
Answers to yesterday's trivia:
1. How can I tell if I have HIV or AIDS?
Answer: The only way to tell if you have HIV is to take an HIV test (usually an HIV antibody test). You cannot tell if someone has HIV or AIDS just by looking at them.
2. Who should be tested?
Answer: If you have had unprotected sex, shared drug injecting equipment, or been exposed to HIV during a medical procedure or at work, then you should get tested.
Youth peer educators on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in Illinois. "We can be the generation to stamp out AIDS".
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
What YOU need to know: Facts & Trivia about HIV/AIDS
"National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), June 27, is an annual observance to promote HIV testing. The National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) founded the day in 1995 and continues to be the lead for this observance." In light of National HIV Testing Day 2011, take this chance to brush up on the basic HIV knowledge and trivia that you need to in order to protect yourself!
Throughout this week facts and trivia questions will be posted on this blog. For answers to the triva questions, check out the blog daily or, for instant feedback to the triva questions text the word GAME to 36363 and play the trivia game right from your phone!
June 27, 2011
Facts:
• A person is diagnosed with AIDS when their immune system is too weak to fight off infections.
• AIDS was first identified in the 1980s
Trivia:
1. Approximately how many people worldwide are living with HIV?
2. What is HIV? (What does it stand for and how does it affect the body?)
Throughout this week facts and trivia questions will be posted on this blog. For answers to the triva questions, check out the blog daily or, for instant feedback to the triva questions text the word GAME to 36363 and play the trivia game right from your phone!
June 27, 2011
Facts:
• A person is diagnosed with AIDS when their immune system is too weak to fight off infections.
• AIDS was first identified in the 1980s
Trivia:
1. Approximately how many people worldwide are living with HIV?
2. What is HIV? (What does it stand for and how does it affect the body?)
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