"Mary Fisher, the HIV-positive daughter of the wealthy and powerful republican fundraiser Max Fisher, stood in front of the crowd to tell the audience: 'If you believe you are safe, you are in danger'" (McGee). Fisher included her these words in her speech, "A Whisper of Aids," in August 18, 1992 at the Republican National Convention to a crowd who had open ears and sympathetic hearts. "Fisher stood in front of those curious eyes indecisive on if she was ready to let the world know" (Shaw). Fisher deliberately molded her ethically sound line of reasoning by using the verbal appeals of ethos, logos and pathos. Coming into the convention "Fisher carried a lot of credibility being the daughter of a powerful republican and a worker in Gerald Ford's white house" (Shaw). Fisher opened people's eyes and showed them that no one is safe, "the fact of AIDS has changed from being primarily a disease of white men, to a disease of people of all colors and both genders" (Oprah). Statistics reveal that in recent years are increasing number of heterosexual 13 years and older are living with HIV. However, at that time it was a shock to the world that someone like Fisher was HIV-positive. "She said, 'I am one with back infant struggling with tubes in a Philadelphia hospital' "(Shaw). I think Fisher decided to use herself as an example because she knew that the only way you can educate someone else on a subject is if you have experienced it firsthand. " 'The virus is clever, always changing and mutating. That means you're constantly monitoring how it- and your medications- are affecting you,' she explains" (Dorfman).
" 'I am one with the lonely gay man sheltering a flickering candle from the cold wind of his family's rejection'" (Dorfman). Fisher was sheltering a gay man without even knowing, that basically meant she was bound to get AIDS even though she did not do any of the things that causes AIDS.
HIV/AIDS What is HIV? ... What is AIDS? AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is the most severe manifestation of infection with the HIV virus of the body's immune system. The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) lists numerous infections that, in the presence of HIV infection constitute an AIDS diagnosis. ... With all the advancements in AIDS research, being diagnosed HIV+ is no longer a death sentence. ...
HIV and AIDS AIDS and HIV are both very serious conditions that can occur within the body if one does not take care of themselves and practice safe sex. AIDS is the disease caused by HIV. ... HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. ... In this day and age we don't need to worry so much about blood transfusion because now they test blood donors for AIDS or the virus causing AIDS, HIV. ... One condition is AIDS - dementia, this is caused by HIV infection itself. ...
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is an STD that has, to date, claimed over 40 million lives. ... The difference between HIV and AIDS is simple; HIV is the virus contracted through the one of the three modes of transmission, while AIDS is the diagnosis of HIV's weakening of the immune system. ... The first documented cases of HIV/AIDS were in the United States; New York and California, in 1981. ... It was first believed that HIV/AIDS only affected the Gay population. ... Due to medical advancements, HIV/AIDS need not be viewed as a terminal ...
HIV and AIDS HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a complex retrovirus that causes AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome). ... "The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS believes that there are now over 34 million people that are infected with HIV or AIDS worldwide. ... AIDS is a severe immunological disorder caused by the retrovirus HIV. ... Being HIV-positive is not the same as having AIDS. ... Having AIDS means that your immune system has been worn down by HIV. ...
The Church faced and it is still facing great challenge in its response to HIV and AIDS. ... Other religious leaders have rejected the view that HIV and AIDS was a punishment for sin. Response to HIV and AIDS by the church in Africa has not been without conflicts and controversies. Conservative religious voices continue to declare that HIV and AIDS is a punishment from God for sin. ... There is another challenge as the Church face the ugly face of HIV and AIDS. ...
You don't catch AIDS, you catch HIV. HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS. ... Therefore it is impossible for a donor to get HIV from giving plasma or blood(HIV/AIDS 2). ... The condom itself can kill the virus(HIV/AIDS 2). ... HIV is not spread through the air or water, unlike many other viruses(HIV/AIDS 2). ...
HIV and AIDS A deadly virus of epidemic proportion rapidly spreads throughout the world. ... Symtoms of HIV and AIDS are hard to recongize. ... The average time its take for HIV to turm into AIDS is about eight to eleven years. ... Testing HIV positive does not mean that the person will die, nor does the person have AIDS yet. ... Everyday more people throughout this world are contracting HIV and AIDS. ...
Aids-acquired immune deficiency syndrome- is caused by HIV (Human Immunodefiniency Virus), which produces no symptoms for up to ten years before a person is diagnosed with aids. ... Aids has become the most serious worldwide epidemic, and one of most dangerous stage of HIV. ... A quarter-century later, in the mid-1980s, researchers studied the growing AIDS epidemic and took a second look at the blood and discovered that it contained HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. ... Aids is a fatal. ... Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D., school of technology says "One of the most successful st...
The exact origin of HIV/AIDS is controversial and widely unknown. ... However, not everyone infected with HIV/AIDS goes through ARS. ... There is no known cure for HIV/AIDS. ... In conclusion, HIV/AIDS is very deadly disease that is preventable. ... Protection is important because HIV/AIDS is not curable. ...
