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...importance, not only because of its risk to public health, but also because the start and cause of the disease is understandable in terms of social behavior, and has persistent effects on the routine of social roles and the environment of interpersonal relationships. By killing or damaging cells of the body's immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. AIDS is everywhere in the world, primarily in South Africa, which has the most infected (5.5 million) number of people. Because there is no cure, 25 million people have died already, with 90% of HIV positive people living in the Third World.
AIDS has touched the lives of millions of American families. This deadly disease is unlike any other in modern history. Changes in social behavior can be directly linked to AIDS. Its overall effect on society has been dramatic. AIDS is not the end of the world, it is the most recent test the medical community needs to meet. There are new things to discover including an immunization and cure of HIV/AIDS. However, before that, we have to overcome the longstanding fears of the strange and unfamiliar and rise above the narrow-mindedness that we believe of, "those people". AIDS is becoming more and more aware to the world today and pretty much everyone knows someone or are themselves effected by AIDS.
For me personally, my cousin, Robert was infected with the AIDS virus at the age of 20, the same age that I am now. He died at the age of 36 after a long struggle with the disease. The last five years of his life were extremely hard to watch as he suffered from numerous side effects of the disease such as a lack of appetite, extreme weight loss, numerous hospitalizations, and he even spent a year in a mental institution due to the side effects of his medication. He finally succumbed to cancer that was brought...
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