Aids in the USA

Aids in the USA

AIDS PAPER


AIDS has been an issue dealt with in the United States for 20 years. What is usually appalling when told to someone is that the American public contributed to the spread of AIDS. This may be appalling by its true and is not helping the AIDS epidemic. The media has lacked attention to the AIDS epidemic as well and this has also contributed to the spread of AIDS. Some of what caused the American public�s lack of interest in AIDS are prisons, foreign countries, and the U. S. statistics on AIDS. American public always stay away from things they dislike and this is the case with the spread of the AIDS virus.

My first proof is that prisons are afraid of the Federal and local health agencies budget. In 1982 only 4 prisoners died of the AIDS disease. In 1993, 224 prisoners of AIDS. This number is increasing way too rapidly and will only get worse. The point I am trying to get at here is that the health agencies will just not budget money towards research of prisoners with AIDS. They do not want anything to do with the gay males in the prisons. They believed prisons did not deserve the research money because of the crimes they committed and because of the kind of people they are. What these health agencies do not realize is that AIDS is rapidly spreading in prisons and that is not good so they should reconsider spending money toward research of AIDS in prisons.

My second proof as to why the American public lacks interest in AIDS is the spread of the disease in foreign countries. AIDS is being spread in all countries such as Zimbabwe, Kenya, Great Britain, France and Canada. The American public does not care about the countries but they...

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