And The Band Played On Analysis

After watching the movie “And the Band Played On,” I felt a sense of death. As I was watching how people in Africa were dying due to diseases, I was filled with sadness and compassion for those people in Africa that other countries do not put much emphasis on. Also, as I was seeing how the spread of diseases grew in the United States, which seemed almost impossible to stop, I wished I could have been there and have the power to support scientists to discover the cause of the AIDS and find the cure to stop it. I felt incompetent seeing how some scientists only care about providing a positive report to the public, instead of warning the people that diseases were spreading and that they needed to be careful.
In addition, I felt that some of the homosexual groups were not willing to cooperate with the investigation, maybe it was because of the fear that scientists could find them being the ones responsible for the spread of the AIDS or because they felt that their rights were being violated. Some other homosexuals did not want to have their places of reunion being closed and some gay business men just care about the money they could lose when closing their businesses. It was very disappointed that the government was not willing to support further research just because the disease was called the “gay …show more content…
The internet have provided important information to reach millions of individuals around the world so they know how to protect from AIDS. In addition, the government has been investing on programs, by providing resources and classes on how to live AIDS free. Even though we have a more educated population than the 1980s, according to the CDC millions of people are expected to be infected of AIDS every year. Something that is questionable is if the Government and Scientists could stop the spread of AIDS, or if are the people who are not willing to cooperate to stop the spread of these