Human Immunodeficiency Virus, more commonly known as HIV is a disease that leaves a

person receptive to life-threatening infections. It attacks the immune system. There are two types

of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is the basic cause of AIDS worldwide, while HIV-2 is found in West

Africa. HIV infection occurs when a person comes in contact with an infected persons bodily fluids,

including semen, blood, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. The main ways a person could

become infected with HIV is sexual relations with an infected person, pricking of a hypodermic

needle that an infected person has used, or a mother transferring it to her child through birth or

breast-feeding ("Human"). HIV testing should not be mandatory because of how few people are

infected, an infected person's rights, and discrimination.

There are very few people infected with HIV in the world. In 2000, only 36,100,000 people

were infected worldwide while the number of people worldwide is in the billions. Only 920 thousand

people in North America are infected with HIV (Agence France-Presse). The mast majority

People who are infected with HIV have a right to their privacy. The Right of Privacy "is the

inappropriate. This information can be circulated worldwide on the Internet (Smith).

people who ask for HIV testing to be done are usually at the lowest risk for HIV. They ask for the

should be an individual freedom choice"(Southernplus). Some people are not honest with their

crimes, such as murder, and they are trying to protect them from getting a disease. They don't

image or personal facts for profit without the person's knowledge; and (4) intruding into a person's

money, equipment, and lab time. "What's sad that a change in our behavior will stop this disease.

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