The US has ended a ban on the travel of HIV Positive individuals from other countries to the US. In a step that, in one stroke, has made me a huge fan of his, and has lifted a very serious discriminatory rule, Obama has justified the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to him once more. Well, on issues like these, I have always been Probama, so I am glad that he took the step to de-stigmatize the disease. He said:
Twenty-two years ago, in a decision rooted in fear rather than fact, the United States instituted a travel ban on entry into the country for people living with HIV/AIDS. Now, we talk about reducing the stigma of this disease -- yet we've treated a visitor living with it as a threat. We lead the world when it comes to helping stem the AIDS pandemic -- yet we are one of only a dozen countries that still bar people from HIV from entering our own country.
Very touching indeed. He has always been a great orator. Anyways, read the full thing HERE. And I must add that this step should be hailed to be one of the more important health-care related political reform that needed to be done.
Very touching indeed. He has always been a great orator. Anyways, read the full thing HERE. And I must add that this step should be hailed to be one of the more important health-care related political reform that needed to be done.
Kudos Mr. President.