Katz 1 Lauren Katz Honors English 10 Mrs.Schweitzer December 2000 THE AIDS OUTBREAK Who would have ever thought that a disease, possibly brought to America by infected African monkeys, would affect the country forever? This is exactly what happened in the late nineteenth century when the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was introduced to America. The unpredictable epidemic caused a huge outrage for years to come. The outbreak of the HIV virus, AIDS, in the early 1980’s …showed first 75 words of 1037 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1037 total…one of the blessings that HIV/AIDS has brought me is the abundance of love. . . ” and perhaps that is true. Pertaining to the eighties and the early onset of the virus, AIDS caused much more commotion than love. However, every cloud has a silver lining and the hysteria has finally cleared up some myths. It has opened up the public to not only HIV/AIDS awareness, but sexual cognizance as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** n/a