By Martez James and Shawn Miles Staff Writers
Recently Thana Ali, a representative for Teen Hype, came to the school to teach about HIV/AIDS. She added that teens who are worried about them having HIV/AIDS can get tested, free of charge. All they have to do is go online to teenhype.org, for more information.
December is the annual awareness month for HIV/AIDS. According to the World Health Organization, 35 million people around the world have HIV/AIDS. Half of these 35 million are women, and more than half are children up to the age of 15.
“I feel that the awareness of aids is of great importance everyone,” said senior Alvin LeBray. “It should give people insight on what can happen if they have unprotected sex, safety with people they just meet, and general information about it if they don’t already know.”
“Well first people need realize that AIDS is a choice you make. If you choose not to be aware, not to protect yourself, and to randomly have sex, then you’re choosing to be exposed to the disease,” senior DeMarco Jenkins said.
