morcheeba's Journal: HIV crosses species barrier... into Muppets

The Washington Post is reporting that a new HIV-positive character will be introduced on Takalani Sesame, the South African version of Sesame Street. How HIV was contracted is still under discussion, but it likely involved either a cross-species blood transfusion, or transmission through childbirth (meaning that the new character is a Muppet-human hybrid). The show will have no discussion of unsafe Human/Muppet sexual practices or intravenous drug use, the two foremost means of transmission.