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a magical cure that will only knock off the infected cells and not the living. Right now the only ways scientist and doctors know how to get rid of the virus is to get rid of all of the cells, infected or not. Unfortunately this can kill a person(Taylor 49). There are approximately one AIDS related deaths every twelve minutes in the United States. Yet there continue to be arguments in our nation that there is too much being spent on AIDS research and development. People think that billion dollar budgets are spent on military actions mainly. On the contrary billions of dollars are spent on medical research and care. Out of these billions medical provisions to elderly, veterans, and the poor are taken. The rest is left for other organizations and AIDS research is only one of the

hundreds that receive this money. Through the governmental grants much progress is made. The question that is often asked is where does AIDS sit on the list of priorities? Does it really deserve as much funding as it gets? Cost alone should not be what keeps the research of AIDS from being a national priority. Research on this virus is just as important as any other research being conducted today in our country. The delay on such research will not only prevent a vaccine from be created, but it will also cause greater amount of money to be spent in the future. Inflation will eventually become an issue. The people who contract AIDS will only increase in numbers. At risk categories will also only increase. AIDS will not go away. In the history of medicine only small pox has been

illuminated. AIDS research is not something that a fixed sum of money can be thrown at and hope for a cure. As the medicine progresses so will the cost. The cost of AIDS research is exponential. That must be remembered when the government considers how much money would be spent on it. AIDS must be treated as a disease that will be around for a long time if not forever. ” Hesitation by the U.S. government to carry out necessary HIV research would be criminal.” – Bruce Flemming HIV remains a highly lethal communicable disease. Despite increased medical management the number of AIDS victims continues to rise each year. Hospital are forced to increase the care and time the spend on making sure nothing in contaminated. Hospitals are also forced to care for more and more AIDS

patients. This increases the risks they must take with the disease. If HIV research continues to be a lower priority in our country’s priorities it will be the gay men and women, needle users, sexual partners, and their children who will suffer the price of our negligence to disease control. All men are created equal no matter their life styles. Who should be sentenced to death for a mistake that was made(Daniel 62-70). In 1991 271, 000 people are estimated to have AIDS. of these people 54,000 are estimated to not make in another year. 54,000 people is more than all of the American deaths in World War I and Vietnam War combined. This number is also only an estimate. There could be many more people with the disease that do not even know it yet(Check 69). If a cure is not reach

soon the deaths will not they will only continue. We need our government to continue its efforts at finding a cure. No person should rest until the cure is reached and dispersed around the globe to every corner and slum, no matter how far away. Works Cited page 1. Check, William. AIDS. New York, New York. Chelsea House Publishers, 1988. 2. Day, Lorraine. AIDS What the Government Isn t Telling You. Palm Desert, New Mexico. Rockford Press, 1991. 3. Daniel, Eileen. Taking Sides. Guilford, Massachusetts. Dunskin Publishing Group, 1993. 4. Group: Report Names of Those with HIV. The Courier-Journal. 28 September, 1999 sec 2:1. 5. Hendin, David. Death as a Fact of Life. Toronto, Canada. George J. McLeod Limited. 1973. 6. Jussim, Daniel. Medical Ethics. Englewood. Silver Burdett Press,

INC. 1991. 7. Kurland, Morton. Coping with AIDS. New York, New York. Rosen Publishing Group. 1987. 8. Satris, Stephen. Taking Sides. Guilford, Massachusetts. Duskin Publishing Group. 1984. 9. Task Force: Doctors Should Identify HIV Patients by Name. The News Enterprise. 28 September, 1999. Sec 1:1. 10. Taylor, Barbara. AIDS. New York, New York. Rosen Publishing Group. 1988.