HIV/AIDS in the wizarding world?

[optimistic_88 at msn.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13196

I think illnesses occur, they're just prevented before any serious 
affects can occur-or they're spotter quicker before they occur. 
Making it not a cause for concern, so there's no point in mentioning 
it. HIV/AIDS...you never know about STDS, they're most likely there, 
but there are cures or something (not to mention HP is a children's 
book, so I don't think JK would concider telling her readers about 
that-after all to get those dieses you gotta have sex-which probably 
everybody agrees 6 year olds should not be hearing about.) That's 
true though that evil wizards are the only real cause for concern in 
the wizarding world....
~Kim B.
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Joanne Collins <joannec at l...> wrote:
> I was thinking about this, being a slash fan leads to thoughts like 
this
> quite often *g*.
> 
> We don't often hear of many illnesses in the wizarding world. 
Injuries
> abound, but not illness. It seems that people are more likely to 
die from
> an attack by Voldemort than from cancer.
> 
> So do you think HIV/AIDS would be a concern in the wizarding world, 
or one
> of those muggle problems?
> 
> I doubt we'll ever get a canon view on it.
> 
> I'd like to believe it's not a concern, but I wonder if that's just 
because
> we *don't* have canon opinions on such things.
> 
> Joanne.