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...is a precursor to AIDS. It is a virus that was first identified in 1981, but it is thought that it was around prior to that time ("Living with HIV/AIDS," 2007). For quite some time during the eighties, it seemed as if a positive HIV test was a death sentence as the ravages of AIDS suddenly became well known. When AIDS first surfaced, people were scared. Although they heard it could only be transmitted through sexual relations, they wondered whether one could get AIDS from a swimming pool or a toilet seat. While they kept away from people with the disease, as time went on, information surfaced to quell those fears. Or, at least, after time had passed, it could be seen that mass epidemics were not breaking out and that when someone contracted the AIDS virus, it could be traced to either a blood transfusion, a sexual partner, intravenous drug use or another known cause, as opposed to it being a mystery. The fact that people seem to know where...