The New Face Of Aids

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The article “The New Face of Aids” discusses the fact that AIDs is no longer a gay white male disease, but has began to highly effect heterosexual minority women. The article comments on why this is happening and who it effects. Many people feel safe because they feel that they are in a “safe” monogamous relationship, however they are becoming most vulnerable. The article also suggest that women burdened my poverty, crime and poor health are more vulnerable because using contraceptives is the last thing on their mind. “Down low” is also a problem in which “straight” men have both heterosexual and homosexual relations at the same time, spreading AIDs to the unsuspecting heterosexual partners. Once people contract AIDs sometimes it is too hard and too expensive to get medical treatment. Unfortunately, people are not aware of how the AIDs epidemic is effecting African American women, including Vice President Dick Chaney or Senator John Edwards
AIDs has not vanished, it has merely shifted whom it affects. This is an ongoing problem for people without health care or cannot afford treatment. In order for the government to lower the cost of health care and provide treatment for these patients it would be very expensive. Intervention of the government may or may not be good for the economy. When government expenditures increases it causes GDP to rise. Perhaps an increase in treatment facilities would lower unemployment by creating many new jobs. However, government created AIDs facilities and low priced medication for all patients would also cause a higher demand for medical supplies, creating high prices and further increasing government spending . Such government expenditure may lead to an increase in taxes, lowering the consumption factor of GDP and even outweighing the government expenditure.
I believe that there is no good answer for this problem. Government intervention would only lead to long lines and...