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1. A Survey
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therapeutics. AIDS renders medication ineffective,
fevers do not respond even to injections and the
body’s acceptance of food is almost nil. The victim
becomes weak, his joints ache and he is in a
constant state of depression. What is worse is that
AIDS victims have become social outcasts. Even
their gifts are not acceptable for fear of contagion
from them. They find themselves deserted by
friends of both sexes and when they travel, hotel
servants and call girls are afraid to approach them.
Now a stage has come when the department of
health in America has had to issue strict orders to
doctors to carry out tests on blood taken from blood
banks for transfusion, as this has been found to be a
source of infection. During the year 1985-86, there
were in America nearly 50,000 AIDS patients who
were not direct victims of AIDS but who had
contracted the disease due to contacts with such
patients. Here is a report based on 1986 statistics:
AIDS IN AMERICA: The dreaded AIDS
disease and related diseases are far more
prevalent in the U.S. than is generally
realised, according to a report in the
Wall
Street Journal
. The paper said the number of
