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tested positive for the HIV/AIDS virus. Throughout the article Greene, reflects on how most children who have a positive HIV/AID result will not be adopted into the United States due to families not “wanting” a child with a deathly disease and in contrary the US should extend their arms to these children the most. Out of the positive babies in African orphanages, 75% of them will pass away before age two where as babies in the United States who have received successful HIV/AIDS treatment are…

In Tony Kushner Angels in America, it speaks to a time in our nation's history, in particular, the early 80s, through the year 2000, where AIDS had affected primarily the gay community. No one knew anything about AIDS, or why it seemed to plague the homosexual community. Originally, the virus was labeled as a gay disease/cancer. One can argue that perhaps a certain segment of the homosexual population was not practicing safe sex. In addition, the virus also affected bisexual men, heterosexuals,…

Our cramped house was always filled with people. Due to her role in the refugee community, my mother would at times hold preventive workshops on HIV. The workshop mainly constituted of statistics display, stories, contraceptive distribution but mostly laughter. To the people attending, HIV was just another too familiar danger. I was not allowed to attend any of the workshops due to my age, but my perpetual inquisitive nature led me to the discovery of leftover brochures. While reading the…

The AIDS Outbreak Over the last several decades, people have witnessed millions of people especially homosexual died from AIDS. Doctor Don Francis, who worked as epidemiologists at the CDC during 1993 and the exact time of AIDS outbreak in the United States, made a claim, “This may be the first epidemic in history”. However, this claim did not make the people especially homosexual and hatians to be aware and more careful about their health. They believed that this disease named AIDs or HIV…

In August of 1992, a speech was given by Mary Fisher called, a Whisper of AIDS. Fisher gave this speech in Houston, Texas and many people witnessed it. During this speech, Fisher elaborates on the topic of AIDS and speaks to her audience about the effects of society’s preconceptions. She uses the construction of parallel structure to show listeners that she wants their attention and focus, personification to amplify the differences between society’s actions and the effects and anaphora to once…

1 One prevention strategy for aids that was brought up in “Endgame: AIDS in Black America” was educating those in high school the importance of abstinence to prevent the spread of the disease, however that was a problem because many had already had sex. Due to the fact that it would be difficult to stop those high school students for having sex, it was suggested that the use of condoms should be promoted. Another prevention strategy was the syringe exchange program, however it was controversial…

the beginning the contaminated person does not know they have the virus thus, leading to the spread of the virus. During the first stage of HIV, the infected person may have no symptoms or flu like symptoms (CDC, 2015). There is no telling when HIV has advanced into its deadliest stage; one is then at a very high risk of developing Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In the 1980’s HIV was thought to be originated in the USA from this group of gay men (avert.org, 2014). However,…

way to do it, which was charities. The charities she promoted during and after her reign seemed like her first priority, because she was widely recognized by the media. With…

Studies conducted on the first syringe exchange program, which began in Tacoma, Washington in 1988, found that there was a more than 60 percent reduction in the risk for users contracting hepatitis B or C after the program’s inception. In addition, in another study during the 1990’s, which took place in New York and involved 1,600 drug users, researchers found that users who did not participate in a needle exchange program were three times more susceptible to contracting HIV/AIDS than…

We had been good friends from high school although neither of us could recall how we met. He had come from the private boy’s school down the street from my all-girls preparatory academy and that’s all I knew. He only called me when it was convenient for him or if he wanted something, and he liked to treat me like an object that he could lead on. After all, I was a whore. College was coming to an end and he had just broken up with his college girlfriend, Abby when he raped me. Christian had text…