Huckabee

The rumors of my early demise are not true my friends. I have just been very busy. And now, back to work.

Recently, my man Huckabee has been attacked for a comment made several years ago, during the worst fears during the AIDS Epidemic's early years.

Well, sorry to say that I am not going to attack him. Instead, I am going to defend him.

Sorry guys, but I fear Chuck Norris and support Huckabee.

Anyways, lets look at the way epidemics have been treated since day one. One word, Quarantine. Though we have not always understood the reason for it, we have always understood that some type of contact is necessary to spread it. STD's are unique, in that they require a very specific type of contact to transmit. However, this was not always widely known. Up until late in the 90's, no one was entirely sure how it was transmitted., and so many theories existed.

During this time, Mike Huckabee advocated physical isolation from healthy people. Given the lack of knowledge at the time, I have trouble blaming him for this comment.

Now, the thing is, that I do still agree with it. This will cause some flak, so please hear me out. The reason I do, is because AIDS is a devastating disease that cannot be completely blocked. Sorry Trojan, but you are only 67% effective against AIDS.

So, should we quarantine those who carry this plague? Yes, after all, it is a public health issue, not a civil rights issue. The thing is that while it was primarily a Gay disease at first, due to the contamination of the blood supply, it is a scare for everybody, and we need to understand this.