Making The Invisible, Visible

Today we are faced with two deadly diseases that are rapidly spreading across nations. Although HIV and AIDS was only discovered a few decades ago, it is threatening the human population more than any disease, at the moment. It was a belief that only homosexuals obtained this disease, but it is evident that just about anyone can be infected, including innocent children. These infected children not only face the prospect of an inevitable and early death, but there is also stigma and discrimination follows the victims of HIV and AIDS. The unfortunate children lose friends and family because of the contaminated label they are given. Many children are abandoned and left on the street for the shame they have brought to their family. They are given the responsibility for things that are not in their control. The children are passed the disease more than often by the mother during childbirth or breastfeeding. The abandoned children are left in the world without a home or family, and forced to live in the darkness of the welfare homes, because no one is willing to take in HIV positive child. 

It is important to look into this situation because the disease has already gotten out control and is affecting the lives of innocent women and children. The chance of being affected is uncertain, and anyone can get it. The disease flies around invisibly, making it difficult to stop it. What surprised me most during my research, was how long it took before the symptoms of HIV appears. It could take 10-15 years before you can start to see or feel the infection. This is extremely dangerous because if you are carrying this disease unknowingly, the risk of you passing the disease on is high. Learning about this disease makes me feel more aware, but at the same time it scares me a little. Realizing how 'invisibly' dangerous it is, terrifies me, because I'm afraid of getting it. But I think more people should know about HIV and AIDS, as being aware of it would make people more cautious. Which could decrease the the number of people being infected.