The Impact Of HIV/AIDS On San Francisco
The purpose of this paper is to explain the impact of HIV/AIDS on San Francisco, the rest of the United States, as well as the rest of the world. I will tell how it started small an expanded across the globe. This disease killed many and is still taking many lives today. The origin of the disease is believed to be in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where people hunted infected chimpanzees for meat and became infected themselves when they came into contact with the chimpanzee blood(Where did HIV come from?, 2012). Aids affected many cities all over the world. San Francisco was hit hardest by the virus because of its prominent gay population. Casual sex in bathhouses made the disease spread even faster in San Francisco. This led
to the attempted closure of all bathhouses in San Francisco to slow the spread of the disease(And the Band Played On, 1993). The gay community spoke out against this closure and bathhouses are still around today. New York was also very affected by this disease because of its gay population. A single flight attendant infected 200-300 people per year. He was the source for over 1,000 cases in the United States (And the Band Played On, 1993). He traveled all across the country and had multiple partners in every city who did not know they were being infected. These newly infected people went on to have other partners and spread the disease throughout the country. This also affected society in the way that it made communities treat gay people even more unfairly than they were already being treated. This caused a divide in many households, families, and communities. Many people’s families disowned them when they found out they were infected. Businessowners did not want people with Aids to patronize their businesses because they thought it could be transmitted through the air, spit, and sweat.
to the attempted closure of all bathhouses in San Francisco to slow the spread of the disease(And the Band Played On, 1993). The gay community spoke out against this closure and bathhouses are still around today. New York was also very affected by this disease because of its gay population. A single flight attendant infected 200-300 people per year. He was the source for over 1,000 cases in the United States (And the Band Played On, 1993). He traveled all across the country and had multiple partners in every city who did not know they were being infected. These newly infected people went on to have other partners and spread the disease throughout the country. This also affected society in the way that it made communities treat gay people even more unfairly than they were already being treated. This caused a divide in many households, families, and communities. Many people’s families disowned them when they found out they were infected. Businessowners did not want people with Aids to patronize their businesses because they thought it could be transmitted through the air, spit, and sweat.