Such laws also transform HIV victims into scapegoats for a societal problem for which the governments and broader societies are failing to undertake effective, and sometimes politically or culturally risky, steps that can defeat the disease. Sadly, these “risky” steps include things as rudimentary as open discussion of the disease, education, and encouraging people, and especially men, to undergo testing.
这样的法律还将艾滋病毒的受害者变为社会问题的替罪羊。战胜这种疾病，需要政府和更广泛的社会群体采取有效的、有时需要冒政治上或文化上的风险的措施，但却没有能做到。可悲的是，这些所谓的“冒险”的步骤包括以下这些最基本的事情，例如对疾病的公开讨论、教育和鼓励人们（尤其是男性）去进行检测。