Unresolved World Problems Project:
By: Ryan Velarde
Period 4
24 March 2005
Works Cited
Ed Sopcak. Personal Interview. Dec. 30, 1994.
Gibbs,
Guthik, Martin J. Immunology.
“HIV and AIDS in people over 50.” 42 (2003): 10-15
HIV/AIDS. Jan. 30, 2006, GlaxoSmithKline. March 1, 2006. gsk.com/yourhealth/aidstreatment.htm.
HIV and Aids. June 2005. Nemours Foundation. March 2, 2006. http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/infection/hiv.html
HIV Medication Basics. Body Health Sources Corporation. March 2, 2006. http://thebody.com/treat/antivir.html
Hombs, Mary E. Aids Crisis in
Symptoms. UNAIDS. March 2, 2006. http://www.youandaids.org/About%20HIVAIDS/Symptoms/index.asp
Research Paper Format Rubric/ Due 3-24-06!
Mr. Haskell
*All papers will not
be accepted without the rubric submitted in the very back page after the works
cited page. No late papers accepted!
Thesis/ Restate (20
Pts Possible)- Thesis should be placed in the last sentence of the opening
paragraph and the restatement of the thesis should occur in the opening
sentence of your closing paragraph.
Thesis stated & restated clearly and Supported (20 Pts) _______________
Stated/ restated lacking support (15 Pts) ____________
Incomplete Thesis (10 Pts) ___________
No Thesis (0 Pts) ___________
Works Cited (20 Pts
Possible)
Alphabetized, MLA Format, 5 Different Sources, 6 Total Sources ________/20
Parenthetical
Reference (10 Pts)
Ten in text notations required, MLA Format, _________ /10
Organization (15 pts)
Clearly Followed Directions ____________ /15
Generally Followed Instructions __________/ 10
Lacking Direction _________/5
None ___________/0
Grammar (20 pts)
Spelling, Fragments run on Sentences, Punctuation __________/20
Format (15 Pts)
Followed all directions ______________/ 15
Generally Followed Instructions ___________/10
Didn’t Follow Instructions ____________/5
Total Points
____________/ 100 Pts.
Content Rubric for Power Point Presentation
(4-5 minutes in length)
Page 1 Title Page (Slide 1)
________ 10 pts.
Page 2 Historical Background Page (Slide 2) ______15 pts.
Page 3 Current Status (Slide 3) _______ 15 pts.
Page 4 Reasons for the Problem (Slide 4) _______ 15 pts.
Page 5 Previous Attempts to End World Hunger (Slide 5) ________ 15 pts.
Page 6 Realistic/ logical prediction of the ultimate outcome (Slide 6) _________ 15 pts.
Page 7 Realistic Solution of the prob/ Implementation plan (Slide 7) _________ 15 pts.
Page 8 Works Cited Page
Page 9 Rubric (Must print out and
submit or paper will not be accepted for a grade) ___________ 100 pts. possible
Be cautious. The HIV virus is easily contracted through unprotected sex with someone who has HIV, from needles that have been used by someone infected with HIV, and from a pregnant mother to her unborn child. HIV is a dangerous virus that over time turns into AIDS and kills the person carrying the virus. AIDS is a deadly virus that affects all type of people all over the world.
HIV
is believed to have infected primates and over time humans in
HIV is an immune deficiency disease which means the immune system is weakened over a period of time so the body can no longer fight viruses. This is how most people die of the disease, their immune system is weakened and they contract something such as the common cold and their immune system is too weak to fight it off so the person dies. AIDS is usually not the direct killer of carriers. HIV is what the carrier receives from someone else and it later turns into AIDS and this is when people die. HIV is a retrovirus. A retrovirus is called a retrovirus because it is opposite from a regular virus. In retroviruses, the DNA is made from RNA (Guthnik, pg.88).
There are only four ways the virus can be transmitted (Hombs, pg.40). The four ways are unprotected sexual contact, unscreened blood transfusions, sharing of needles, and from a pregnant mother to her fetus.
People of every race, gender, and age can contract the virus. Homosexuals, heterosexuals, old people, young people, men, and women can all contract the HIV virus and have it turn into AIDS.
Today,
there are many people living in the world with HIV and AIDS. Although AIDS does
affect people all over the world, the continent of
The number of deaths HIV and AIDS has caused is enormous. The sad and disturbing thing to think about is that number probably is not going to decrease; it is probably going to be on the rise and not slow down. HIV and AIDS is a dangerous thing in the world today. The number of people actually living with HIV and AIDS today may be larger than what the estimated totals are because some people may have it and not know it because they have not had tests. There are also more people in the world today that could pass on HIV. Some people may be carriers of the HIV virus and not feel the affects of it or have it turn into AIDS. The people who only carry the HIV virus may not be affected by it or have symptoms of the virus, but they can pass it on just as easily as someone who actually has the virus and is not just a carrier of the virus. If people are not more cautious today and in years to come, the number of people with HIV and AIDS could sky rocket and the number will probably never get lower.
There
are many reasons why people contract HIV and why the number of people with HIV
is going up. Not to long ago, when the virus was first contracted, that person
who had the virus passed it on. The two people had the virus and it just grew
exponentially, so as more and more people contracted the virus, the amount of
victims did not o up one by one, but rather in huge amounts of people. Some
reasons for the problem are carelessness and unsanitary condition. Most cases
of HIV and AIDS occur in
Aside
from
Another reason for the problem is the society that we live in today. Sex is a sort of symbol in the world today. Some people feel that they need to have sex to be cool or fit in. Sex also shows up in our everyday life such as in magazines, photographs, and on television. People see these things and think it is cool so they have unprotected sex. A reason that babies are born with HIV is that the mother has the virus, but she still wants to have children. She can control her actions, but she cannot control whether her baby with be born with the HIV virus. This usually does not stop a mother from having children. There are many reasons for HIV and AIDS.
There have been attempts to find a cure for the HIV virus, but they have all failed. People who have HIV and AIDS who make movies or go around to schools and other things like that are doing what they can and contributing to the reduction of outbreaks of the virus. These people that do this are not attempting to end the problem, they are just trying to attempt to keep people from making bad decisions and getting the HIV virus. These speakers are very important because they can have a great affect on people with and without the HIV virus. They are helpful to the people without the virus because it shows them that whatever decision they made to contract the virus was not worth it. That risk they took was not worth the reward. It also shows what life is like living with the virus and how many limitations a person with the virus might have. It also shows them how many pills they have to take to try to prolong their life and how much money they have to spend on those pills. These people also help the people with HIV because it shows them to have a positive outlook on life and to try to make the very best of it because they cannot go back and change the fact that they do have HIV. That will never change. It also shows them how some people without HIV are influenced by the speakers and maybe it will influence the people with HIV to do the same thing and try to help people not make the same bad decision that they once made and now regret. There is no cure for the virus, but scientists today are working on finding a cure. In 1992, GlaxoSmithKline created a positive action program. There has also been a product invented called cancell which can help prevent AIDS. This basically breaks the HIV virus so it can not turn into AIDS. This product is not legal and available for use. There are also drugs which can prolong a person’s life, but it will not cure the disease. These drugs cost a lot of money and have many side effects. There is no cure for HIV and AIDS.
The ultimate outcome for HIV and AIDS does not look good. Right now, AIDS is the number four leading cause of death worldwide and the number of people with HIV and AIDS is increasing. As of right now there is now cure for the disease and there is nothing you can take to prevent the disease. Only the person can prevent the disease by using common sense and making smart decisions. Unless people start to do this the number of infections and cases of HIV and AIDS is not going to go down, it is going to go up. More people are going to contract the virus because many people are living with it today and if each person living with the virus infects one or more people then the number of cases is going to greatly increase. Once someone has the virus they will have the virus until they die. Unless people who have the virus do not have unprotected sex or do not share needles and do not pass on the disease, the number of people will never decrease; it will only increase until a cure is found. A cure might not be found for a while because the virus is fairly new so scientists have not been working for more than twenty years to find a cure for the disease. The only way the world’s future is safe from AIDS is if people use common sense and good judgment with the decisions they make. That is the world’s only hope as far as AIDS is concerned. It is up to the people with HIV and AIDS to save the world from a future filled with HIV and AIDS. Since these people are probably not going to do what it takes, and a cure will probably not be found soon, if at all, the outcome looks like a grim one for HIV and AIDS in the world.
The
solution to the problem with HIV and AIDS is that we just have to live with it.
People should have to be screened yearly to see if they have the HIV virus and
if they do it will be up to them to prevent the spread of it. There is not a
way to make them not have unprotected sex or share needles and you cannot just
kill the person. Something that could be done however is a fine or imprisonment
or something like that for women who get pregnant and bare a child with the HIV
virus. The world could also put a ban on sex in the community such as on
magazines and ads because in the world we live in today, sex sells. Instead of
having those sex ads they could have condom ads to encourage people to use
protection if they do have sex. Since most of the cases are in Africa, the
world could send people down to
HIV is a deadly virus that affects everyone in every part of the world and cannot be cured. HIV is the virus that is contracted which over time turns into AIDS and allows another disease or virus to come in and finish the person off. The only way to prevent the disease is to be smart and use good judgment. There is no cure so once you have the disease you are stuck with it for the rest of your life. The future looks grim as far as HIV is concerned. The future depends on the people with HIV. It takes 10 seconds to contract HIV, but it takes a lifetime to get rid of it. Once you have the disease, you will never live without it.