The 1980’s were a period of transition for everyone. Modification was underway; fashion, music and cultures were changing. While the world was adapting to all those changes a deadly disease crept in almost unnoticed by the public. The new disease was given the name Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). No one would have ever thought that the new disease that started out so small would, in a short period of time, grow to be so …showed first 75 words of 747 total…

…showed last 75 words of 747 total…because it feels good. “AIDS is considered one of the most devastating public health problems in recent history” (Frey 59). People usually assume that AIDS is a result of risky behavior such as unsafe sex or the misuse of needles, but there are many other ways one could intercept the disease. For many, unsafe sex and the misuse of needles are not socially acceptable; in turn leaving those who are infected feeling alone and often ostracized.