"Fisher got aids from her second husband" (Dorfman). The point that is trying to be made here is that the HIV/AIDS disease has no specific target, if you have flesh and blood you can get infected without even knowing it. AIDS is like a bullet being shot into a crowd, it has no specific target but it is just guaranteed to strike. .
"In July 1991, Fisher's ex-husband called to tell her he had tested positive for the AIDS virus" (Gleick). "Before Fisher found out she was HIV positive she looked at people with AIDS as outcast or aliens" (Bureau). " 'My whole world just did a 180, she says" (Gleick). Basically Fisher went from being a critic of AIDS victims to being a victim herself. She became one with the community she ostracized. "When Fisher was originally diagnosed with HIV, she thought, 'What would Betty Ford do?'" (Shaw). Hence, Fisher decided to ask the audience of the convention several times, "Are you human? She attempted to convey that people with HIV have not had not become sub-human creatures. Moreover, she asked this question to make the audience realize that every human deserves to be treated with humility and kindness regardless of their HIV status. She prompted the audience to recognize that everyone has an obligation to care for the less fortunate. To further drive her point home, she associated the alienation of the HIV positive community to the inhumane way the Jewish people were treated during the Holocaust. She made them realized that at the end of the day we all deserve to be treated as equals. "Back then being diagnosed with AIDS meant you were going to die" (Dorfman). She pulled at the audience's heart strings. Her goal was to persuade the audience to lend a helping hand. If they were there in that dark corner confused and lost they would want someone to lend a helping hand.
As I said before, Fisher had a lot of credibility being a republican's daughter and a worker in the white house but her credibility stood no chance against the logic that the AIDS disease was a deadly virus.
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. ...
