【用戶】加賴叫過去
【年級】高三下
【評論內容】 What does a red ribbon mean to you? For different people and at different times, a red ribbon may denote various meanings. One of these meanings is that the red ribbon is the universal symbol of awareness and support for people living with HIV. By wearing a red ribbon, people try to raise awareness on and during the run up to World AIDS Day. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). At the beginning stage of infection, a patient may not have any symptoms or experience influenza-like illness for a short period. AIDS is threatening after the infection progresses, since (A)it makes the function of the immune system decline drastically and that increases the risk of developing other inflections such as tuberculosis. There are three major ways for people to contract HIV: sexual contact, significant exposure to infected body fluids or tissues, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. In order to prevent from getting infected with HIV, it is recommended to use condoms consistently. According to the statistics, when a couple uses condoms all the time, the rate of HIV infection is less than 1% per year even though one of them is HIV positive. In comparison with male condoms, some evidence suggests that female condoms may provide an equivalent protection. (D)At the moment, a vaccine for HIV or AIDS is still under development. Currently, the most effective vaccine trial, RV 144, is reported to have a partial reduction in the risk of transmission of roughly 30% and this excites the research teams all over the world with a hope for developing a truly effective vaccine. Bearing this hope in mind, the research community keeps conducting further trials of the RV 144. One of the negative impacts of HIV/AIDS is the stigma it causes. This stigma is various in form, including ostracism, rejection, discrimination, avoidance of HIV-infected people, and many others. People who are afraid of stigma-oriented violence are unwilling to seek HIV testing, return for their results, or secure treatment. As a result, for these people, a manageable chronic illness may turn into a death and this will perpetuate the further spread of HIV. It is not far-fetched to point out that AIDS stigma often happens in conjunction with other stigmas, such as homosexuality, bisexuality, promiscuity, prostitution, and drug use. It is everyone’s responsibility to fight against discrimination in order to bring proper, equal medical treatment to those infected patients. Apart from stigmas, there are also many misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. (B)The most common three misconceptions are that people will get infected through casual contact, that to have sex with a virgin will cure AIDS, and that only gay and drug users are possible to contract HIV. Ridiculous as they may seem to be, some conspiracy theories have contended that HIV was inadvertently or deliberately created by scientists. For example, a worldwide Soviet active measures operation, Operation INFEKTION, spreads the claim that the United States is behind the creation of such a disease. According to the surveys, some people in fact believe in such a theory.
【用戶】加賴叫過去
【年級】高三下
【評論內容】 What does a red ribbon mean to you? For different people and at different times, a red ribbon may denote various meanings. One of these meanings is that the red ribbon is the universal symbol of awareness and support for people living with HIV. By wearing a red ribbon, people try to raise awareness on and during the run up to World AIDS Day. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). At the beginning stage of infection, a patient may not have any symptoms or experience influenza-like illness for a short period. AIDS is threatening after the infection progresses, since (A)it makes the function of the immune system decline drastically and that increases the risk of developing other inflections such as tuberculosis. There are three major ways for people to contract HIV: sexual contact, significant exposure to infected body fluids or tissues, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. In order to prevent from getting infected with HIV, it is recommended to use condoms consistently. According to the statistics, when a couple uses condoms all the time, the rate of HIV infection is less than 1% per year even though one of them is HIV positive. In comparison with male condoms, some evidence suggests that female condoms may provide an equivalent protection. (D)At the moment, a vaccine for HIV or AIDS is still under development. Currently, the most effective vaccine trial, RV 144, is reported to have a partial reduction in the risk of transmission of roughly 30% and this excites the research teams all over the world with a hope for developing a truly effective vaccine. Bearing this hope in mind, the research community keeps conducting further trials of the RV 144. One of the negative impacts of HIV/AIDS is the stigma it causes. This stigma is various in form, including ostracism, rejection, discrimination, avoidance of HIV-infected people, and many others. People who are afraid of stigma-oriented violence are unwilling to seek HIV testing, return for their results, or secure treatment. As a result, for these people, a manageable chronic illness may turn into a death and this will perpetuate the further spread of HIV. It is not far-fetched to point out that AIDS stigma often happens in conjunction with other stigmas, such as homosexuality, bisexuality, promiscuity, prostitution, and drug use. It is everyone’s responsibility to fight against discrimination in order to bring proper, equal medical treatment to those infected patients. Apart from stigmas, there are also many misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. (B)The most common three misconceptions are that people will get infected through casual contact, that to have sex with a virgin will cure AIDS, and that only gay and drug users are possible to contract HIV. Ridiculous as they may seem to be, some conspiracy theories have contended that HIV was inadvertently or deliberately created by scientists. For example, a worldwide Soviet active measures operation, Operation INFEKTION, spreads the claim that the United States is behind the creation of such a disease. According to the surveys, some people in fact believe in such a theory.