Description
This book is about the HIV/AIDS disease that rode into the
human race with affliction of death, fear, stigma, and confusion.
The mystery of this disease terrorized the whole world. The
author traces the documentary history of how the infectious
microbe virus in the early 1980s tried to defeat the human race.
HIV devastated all humans, including the youths, children, men
and women. It outwitted doctors, epidemiologists, oncologists,
medical researchers, and scientists, spreading like an unchecked
wild fire, because the virus was a mystery, and no one knew the
infectious agent.
The world was taken unawares by the deadly disease. But
when medical experts around the world, with the help of various
government legislations, philanthropists and scientists, battled
day and night, looked beyond the usual to identify the unusual,
the mysterious deadly disease was identified and defeated. At
present, the virus is no more a death sentence but a chronic
disease that can be suppressed with medications. Different types
of antiretroviral medication therapies can empower individuals
living with HIV to stay on top of their health.
People can now live normal lives, fight the disease and are not
afraid of HIV/AIDS anymore. Thanks to many who volunteered
their lives to make sure the disease was arrested and defeated.
The biggest challenge today is getting people to get tested and
know their HIV status. The disease cannot kill anyone unless the
person refuses to expose it and get treatment.
