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What is AIDS?
AIDS is the plague. "acquired immune deficiency syndrome. It is believed to be caused by the human immano deficiency virus (HIV). We don't have an effective medicine to counteract HIV. With many viruses of HIV than people have the AIDS disease virus does not tell us who has the disease AIDS. Those who have AIDS do not survive the disease for they will die of other ailments caused when their immune system is break down.
How AIDS transmitted?
AID virus is transmitted through blood or samen or other bodily fluids most people contract AIDS from anal or vagical intercourse, from intravenous injection, blood transfusion, from their infected mother at birth, male homosexual contact. Many conservative portray AIDS as revenge on those who choose the unacceptable life style of homosexuality which is growing fast.
How to curtail? 1) To curtail AIDS require identification of those who carry the virus & the isolation of those people from the rest of population. 2) To identify all of those who have virus would require massive testing. Ethical question 1) confidentiality of doctor & patient relation. Coercion & fairness.
Privacy & confidentiality should not be there it must be informed voluntarily or forcibly attempt to obtain information about those who carry virus would involve either a breach of patient physician confidentiality or violation of privacy rights of AIDS virus carrier. 1) AIDS is not airborne disease & contracting AIDS to matter of choice can be avoided by restriction & care. 2) AID testing & quarantining homosexuality or closing gay practice punishing homosexuals. 3) There should he no confidenlity. 4) Celibacsy – as restricted in Jainism in five mahavratas.
HIVI & HIV II has very low infection rate & transmission normally requires contact between excretion or blood from on HIV injected person & the blood stream of an uninfected person. There are no insect or other animal vectors carrying this virus. HIV transmission between persons ‘only occurs through certain sexual practices, through direct blood to blood contact by transfusions, needle-stick injuries or needlesharing & through vertical transmission between mother & fetus.
HIV carrier represents no risk to others in normal, social, & commercial life. In health care sector where bodily interventions & the
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