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Kerala: ‘HIV Spreads Through Pre-Martial/Extramarital Sexual Conduct’, Says School Textbook
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Kerala state education department has been heavily criticised and roasted on social media platforms as its class 10 biology textbook was found stating that HIV spread ‘through pre-marital/extramarital sexual conduct.’
Dr Arun who is a practitioner of General Medicine from Kerala’s Palakkad district uploaded the photo of the page carrying this suggestion on social media as reported by News 18.
The book described the four ways of HIV transmission as “through body fluids,” “from HIV infected mother to the foetus” and “through premarital/extramarital sexual contact.”
The post went viral in no time with the education department getting flak from the web. Some asked that how can a virus know whether a couple had premarital or post-marital sex.
In reaction to these developments, Nishi, a research officer of SCERT said “This mistake has come to our notice, and it has been rectified. From the next academic year, the text will not have this portion.” The students unknowingly, studied this incorrect fact for last 3 years.
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