Causes for AIDS Discrimination
Many people across the world are infected with the deadly disease known as AIDS. This disease can be transmitted from one person to another through many ways such as sexually intercourse, blood transfusions, and sharing needles that are not sterilized. Today, scientists are still trying to discover a cure for HIV/AIDS. Many who are infected with HIV/AIDS have not only to cope with the disease itself, but they could possibly experience AIDS discrimination as well. In some cases, those who have HIV/AIDS are discriminated against because of some people's ignorance about AIDS, the association of HIV/AIDS with homosexuality, and other's fear of being discriminated against because of association with one who is infected.
The lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS is a possible cause of why some people unfairly judge those infected. Many people know that this disease can be fatal but are not informed about how HIV/AIDS is transmitted, which......
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