Snape - a werewolf bigot?? Was: Say it isn't so Lupin!!!

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 170166

Dana:

> People with HIV are a risk to other people if they 
> do not take precautions, like having safe sex, being 
> careful with blood products ect. In Afrika women infect 
> their children but with medication this could be 
> prevented. People with HIV however do not posse a 
> risk to people in normal life just as Lupin doesn't either.

> In my country currently there is a scandal about 4 
> people who at parties injected people with HIV infected 
> blood without their consent, does this mean that 
> suddenly all HIV positive people are going to do this? 

houyhnhnm:

Actually only about 35% of HIV positive mothers transmit 
the virus to their children, *without* intervention.  ALL 
werewolf bites are infectious. A small number of HIV 
positive individuals may engage in predatory behavior.  
ALL werewolves are predators when they transform, by 
definition.  So I don't think the analogy is valid at all.

Dana:

> That we are therefore having to ban these people from 
> their job, deny all of them a normal life because they 
> might be possing a risk at some time in their life's 
> because that is what you seem to be saying.

houyhnhnm:

You know very well that's not what I'm saying.  Please 
do not put your words in my mouth (regardless of your 
immunological status).