A: “Well it has significantly improved, and how with newer drugs and faster testing it’s easier to test now someone who may have AIDS/HIV. Back then it was a blood draw that took weeks to get the results. Mouth swab and finger pricks are less invasive and much faster. 15 minutes, without the research this may not have happened. The research has made it more convenient to test and the disease quicker and can be treated much faster. Drugs used to treat AIDS are better now with less dangerous long term side effects.
Q: How did you help in this Epidemic? Did you help individuals stop the spread of AIDS? By what means?
A: Yes, through public and one-on-one education, condom distribution, education about drug use (as well as sharing needles and other blood-blood contact items), sex education, tattooing safety for individuals and tattoo artists about properly wearing gloves and using different needles (Autoclave). Mostly just education and helping those who have AIDS/HIV to not spread it to others. …show more content…
A: It all kinds of runs together for me. It was a death sentence in the ‘80s. People were shunned, and left alone to die. These individuals were also neglected at times under the care of nurses and doctors out of fear and knowing they would be dead soon. It has changed a lot since then and now it is manageable no longer a death sentence. Also within the past 3 years the deaths from HEP-C has out numbered the deaths over AIDS/HIV 25%. Which is great news that it is being controlled as well as it has