HIV/AIDS

Abstract

Thirty years ago, the typical person knew nothing of HIV/AIDS; and ultimately had no reason to fear it. However, today the vast majority of people around the globe have heard of it and most, if not all, dislike even its mentioning. What happened? To put it in basic context, this global epidemic came and began to change the way we live today (from a medical standpoint). Today, there are millions of people infected by HIV/AIDS, and many more on a daily scale have been affected by it. (Knight, 2008) This potent virus has protracted throughout the human population initially due to the negligence of its existence and the methods of transmission between different parties. So, from a contemporary perspective, what do we know about HIV/AIDS today? Diffusing what medical scholars have told us in rudimentary terms, we know that there is no vaccine that prevents HIV. We know that once infected with this disease, medications can only allow a person to slow-down death for a certain amount of time (much longer today than in the past where life span lasted from five to seven years). We are aware that once someone is diagnosed with AIDS, the infected person’s ailment declines far more promptly and worst of all presently there is no cure. In other words, HIV infection creates much suffering and hardship for those who come into contact.