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our Group:

Todd Gerrard, Amandeep Rai, Mark Igonia, James Whyte, Elwin Aure

Introduction

The acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the modern-day terror in every humans lives. In the 1960's, AIDS was not even hard of. So people had sex anytime with anybody. With the constant realisation of aids, people are starting to protect themselves. AIDS is a life-threatening virus that does not have a cure. Many people in the world have caught the deadly virus. This report will primarily focus on the Aids and HIV virus. It will discuss many topics: What AIDS is, where it came from, how it's caused, how it spreads, how you can get or not get it, how you know you have it, why can't we find a cure, therapy that is available for aids, how you can prevent it, and how you can help prevention with others. AIDS is a serious issue. I hope to, in this article, show the severity of this virus, the history of the virus and how to prevent us from receiving the virus. Aids is the growing epidemic of the 90's and the only way we can stop it is by realising the harm it may cause.

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