Katrina Displaces Thousands With HIV

[Rowdyboy]

About 8,000 people with HIV and AIDS who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina now face the massive challenge of trying to manage their disease without their doctors, their clinics and their support systems.

"I'm very frustrated right now," said Noel Twilbeck, executive director of the NO/AIDS Task Force, the oldest HIV/AIDS service organization in the Gulf South. "We absolutely have to get people their medication. This is a frightening situation."

When Michael-Chase Creasy, 49, fled New Orleans, he brought his HIV medicines — but not a lifetime supply. And when he saw television footage from the safety of a Houston hotel room of flood waters rising above his own 1820s Canal Street home, he knew he would not be returning soon and he was in serious trouble.

He needed to ensure that his prescriptions would not be interrupted: "These medicines are what keep me healthy and ultimately alive. If I go too long without it, I can really atrophy or descend rapidly."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050912/ap_on_he_me/katrina_aids

The reverberations of this disaster just keep on coming. Not every victim of Katrina died in the storm....

And if you have a really strong stomach, check out the Freeper response. These people are subhuman.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483174/posts

[Dark]

1. My favorite Freeper response:

To: grundle
I'm sure the reason assistance was so slow in coming to New Orleans was that many of the victims were gay HIV positive. That Bush guy is a homophobe. </sarcasm>



23 posted on 09/12/2005 5:29:03 PM PDT by Brilliant
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I hope that someone delivers medicine to them quickly. What about other people who need medicine, such as diabetics? Are they suffering too? God, I hope someone compotent takes control down there.

[Rowdyboy]

2. There's not a "compotent" in the whold damn administration

Thanks for the laugh! I missed it in my brief (but nauseating) visit there.