To fully understand why our government should continue to spend its funds on AIDS research one must first understand AIDS. No one actually knows where AIDS comes from. Americans say that it originated in Africa. Africans say that the Europeanours brought it to Africa. AIDS got its first documented case as late back as the 1950's on the African continent. Africa has more documented cases than any where in the world. Scientist predict that three out of every ten sexually active people in Africa carry the AIDS virus. AIDS has become a threat to entire communities there. Scientist believe that the spread of the disease is almost entirely by heterosexual activity, since the amount of male and female infection are about equal. AIDS is a disease that can be spread through traveling. At first the disease was only in North America and Africa. It is now spreading all over the world. Although there are not as many

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6.) Think positively about ones self. It can actually help when it come to peer pressure associated with drugs and sex( Taylor 41-42).

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2. Day, Lorraine. AIDS What the Government Isn't Telling You.

4. "Group: Report Names of Those with HIV." The Courier-Journal. 28 September, 1999 sec 2:1.

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