| HIV is the same as AIDS. |
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Yes
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No
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| HIV only affects gay men – It’s a “gay disease”.
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Yes
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No
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| We both have HIV so we don’t’ need to use a condom during sex.
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Yes
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No
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| People over the age of 50 don’t get HIV.
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Yes
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No
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| I have HIV.I can’t have children.
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Yes
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No
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| You don’t need to use a condom during oral sex.
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Yes
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No
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| HIV can be cured.
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Yes
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No
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I got tested right after I had unprotected sex and I was negative. I’m fine!
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Yes
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No
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HIV is scary – the best way to protect myself is to avoid anyone who is HIV+.
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Yes
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No
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It is your fault if you get infected – you just have to stop having promiscuous sex and using drugs to not get it.
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Yes
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No
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| I don’t look or feel sick – I can’t be infected!
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Yes
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No
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The best way to control AIDS in the developing world is through prevention. Costly treatment should wait until prevention programs have been fully funded and deployed.
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Yes
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No
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AIDS treatment in the developing world is impossible because antiretroviral drugs are too expensive and because developing countries lack the infrastructure necessary to deliver the drugs.
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Yes
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No
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An HIV vaccine will soon be available, and this will solve the AIDS crisis.
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Yes
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No
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| HIV/AIDS treatment is an invasion of Western medicine / culture
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Yes
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No
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Women can “shed” the HIV infection through their monthly menstruation cycles.
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Yes
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No
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| You only get the virus if you have “weak blood”.
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Yes
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No
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| HIV is a punishment for moral shortcomings or lack of self-control.
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Yes
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No
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| If you have HIV and you have sex with a virgin you will be cured
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Yes
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No
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| HIV/AIDS is a private matter that should not be discussed in public
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Yes
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No
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| Ordinary people can do very little to help in the fight against AIDS
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Yes
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No
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