Knowingly Spreading HIV No Longer Felony in CA

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(10-11-2017, 12:14 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: There's a further argument to make over the severity of HIV compared to Herpes/HPV/Hepatitis and the fact that HPV, despite being incurable, is mostly harmless to people. It really depends on the type. Obviously, certain things are worse than others and need to be treated based on their severity. If the severity determines the punishment, not stigmas, then I would be happy.

But stigmas and the punishment of other things aside, making this a misdemeanor is a joke. I guess other things should be a felony. The fact that knowingly giving someone herpes is only a misdemeanor doesn't mean we should make something as heinous as knowingly infecting people with HIV a misdemeanor.

Right. Make more of them felonies, make all of them felonies, whatever.  Only having one as a felony was a reaction to the epidemic and it being more of a death sentence than it is today.