HIV Paranoid

While on the subject of health matters, I thought I detected a certain paranoia here about AIDS. There are a lot of ads on the telly about it and all foreigners looking to stay here must have a HIV test (including me!). There is even an AIDS plot line in a Chinese soap opera (subtitled and it has cute chicks in it!!).

However, herself told me that world AIDS day is December 1st and that was why there were so many ads about it. She also told me that pregnant women are also tested here for AIDS (true) and "encouraged" to have abortions if positive. I don't know if that's true, as it would be pretty shocking if it was. Official sources say treatment reduces the chances of passing on the virus from 25% to 2%. I wonder what is really happening on the ground though.