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With today being World Aids Day I must say that the problem I have with Aids research is this. Like breast cancer, it is not the number one killer (which is heart disease), but it receives 800 million dollars more in funding according to the National Institutes of Health's website www.nih.gov/news/fundingresearchareas.htm. However, while its my opinion that most of the Aids patients are people who knowingly did things that gave them Aids, there are innocent victims. These are the people I think should be helped and here's why. First A person who is a chronic drug user, to me, should not be helped. Second, prostitutes sleep around knowing these risks and their "Johns" are no better. Anyone who has sex should wear a condom if they don't they deserve what they get. but if they, an Aids patient, knowingly give their partner Aids they should be charged with murder. Now this sounds cruel and cold-hearted, but when a drunk needs a liver transplant he or she must stop drinking before getting a new liver. The idea here is the same: "If you don't want Aids don't do risky behavior like drugs or sleeping around". The real victims are kids and people who got aids through no fault of their own such as an unfaithful spouse, a contaminated blood transfusion or are born with it. These victims did nothing risky, such as prostitution or drugs, but got the disease anyway. These Aids patients are the ones I feel sorry for because they got this disease through no fault of their own and they should be helped. The good news is researchers are now looking at cancer treatment as a new way to treat Aids. If that is successful we should have limits those who are given this treatment, just like the limits on liver transplants. Finally, I don't think that funding should be based on politics rather I think it should be based on need.
