{"id":29801,"date":"2014-10-26T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=29801"},"modified":"2014-10-26T15:59:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T07:59:19","slug":"aids-from-towels-kenyans-angered-by-us-preacher-pat-robertsons-comments-about-travel-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/26\/aids-from-towels-kenyans-angered-by-us-preacher-pat-robertsons-comments-about-travel-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"AIDS from towels? Kenyans angered by US preacher Pat Robertson\u2019s comments about travel risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29802\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-26-15_58_33-Pat-Robertson_-Dont-Get-Aids-From-Kenyan-Towels-YouTube.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29802\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-26-15_58_33-Pat-Robertson_-Dont-Get-Aids-From-Kenyan-Towels-YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot from YouTube\" width=\"576\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-26-15_58_33-Pat-Robertson_-Dont-Get-Aids-From-Kenyan-Towels-YouTube.jpg 576w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-26-15_58_33-Pat-Robertson_-Dont-Get-Aids-From-Kenyan-Towels-YouTube-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NAIROBI, Kenya\u2014Kenyans are expressing anger and shock on social media and radio stations over comments made by popular American evangelist Pat Robertson in a recent TV broadcast in which he warned that towels in Kenya could transmit AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson made the remarks last week while answering a question his show \u201cThe 700 Club\u201d from a viewer about whether a planned trip to Kenya is risky.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson responded: \u201cYou might get AIDS in Kenya. The people have AIDS in Kenya. The towels could have AIDS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Christian Broadcast Network issued a correction but Kenyans on social media are demanding that Robertson apologizes personally on the TV show.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson\u2019s show is popular in Kenya, where the majority of residents are Christian.<\/p>\n<p>HIV, which can lead to AIDS, is commonly spread through sex and drug users who share needles.<\/p>\n<p>AIDS cannot be transmitted through towels, said Dr. Fredrick Sanford Kinama from the Center of HIV Prevention and Research at the University of Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need a portal of entry and the medium to transmit the virus like blood or semen,\u201d Kinama said.<\/p>\n<p>The Christian Broadcast Network, which airs \u201cThe 700 Club,\u201d said \u201cDr. Robertson misspoke about the possibility of getting AIDs through towels. CBN Quickly recognized the error and quickly removed the statement from the online archive. CBN recognizes the error and apologizes for any confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mumbi Seraki, who hosts a popular radio show in Nairobi, said Robertson should apologize personally on the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPat Robertson \u2018misspoke\u2019 about contracting AIDS from towels while in Kenya. But is he really sorry?\u201d asked former legislator and human rights lawyer Gitobu Imanyara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya\u2014Kenyans are expressing anger and shock on social media and radio stations over comments made by popular American evangelist &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":29802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-w","mauthors-tom-odula","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}