Criminalization of Knowlingly Transmitting AIDS
Date Submitted: 12/09/2001 19:57:16
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 5 pages (1350 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 5 pages (1350 words)
Brief History of AIDS and the Criminalization of Knowingly Transmitting It Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The virus was discoverd independently in France in 1983 and in the United States in 1984. In the United States, it was initially identified in 1981. In 1986, a second virus, now called HIV-2, was also discovered in Africa. HIV-2 also causes AIDS.
AIDS is transmitted in three ways: From sexual contact without protection, from …
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…be used for research and other related programs, including helping those that are infected.
All in all, AIDS is an epidemic that is a part of the nineties. It is scary, but it must be dealt with. If the proper precautions are taken, then eventually it will be taken care of in the right way. However, there will unfortunately always be those that have malice towards society and insist upon spreading their pain and suffering.
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