By Lee Loving 11/10/09 HIV/AIDS prevention is a new field, only
25 years old, and it is arguably one of the most important
professions out there. Preventing sickness is as important as
any treatment. The prevention of this disease with a 100%
mortality rate is desperately important in all communities. HIV
is not a “Gay Disease”, but a human disease. If you are human,
no matter who you are or where you come from you can get this
disease. Explaining it like that, but I want you the reader to
understand the gravity of this issue. This statement is not
meant to evoke fear but instill understanding of the importance
of HIV Prevention. In the last 25 years, newer and better drugs
have been produced that extend the lives of those living with
HIV. But drugs are not a cure, they come with side effects,
compounding costs, and their effectiveness will always fade with
time. The immune system eventually falls to the virus, and the
illness is renamed when B and T lymphocyte counts drop below 200
to AIDS. This virus does n