Sesame Street to introduce HIV-positive Muppet No, it's not Bert or Ernie either. It's Takalani Sesame, an upbeat female puppet debuting September in South Africa, where 1 in 9 people have the virus that can lead to AIDS. Don't even get me started. In order to look like some egalitarian, exculpatory epidemic instead of a problem people heap on themselves with drug use or unprotected sense, the CDC and its UN counterpart have stretched the 'HIV' definition out so far almost anyone can have it. Have anemia and want to be a pariah?? You can have claim HIV status ... Article Here