Attention Getter For Persuasive Speech On Aids

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Attention-Getter
HIV is a virus without a cure that has killed millions of people around the world.
Thesis
As human beings we are responsible to work together to combat HIV and prevent millions more from spreading the virus.
Argument
“In 2003, George W Bush, former president of the United States of America, said that HIV was one of the greatest public health challenges of our time”(Antigua 1). It is important for people to continue to donate money to help, and a president, and leader of our country recognizing the issue shows how much the issue needs to be addressed. Organizations like "the Global Fund estimate that every $100 million invested saves about 133,000 lives"(Harris 3). Each of your donations will save over a hundred lives and prevent many more from becoming infected. Through "education campaigns … individuals learn the consequences of HIV/AIDS, find out how the viruses spread, and discover ways to protect themselves against contracting the virus"(Brand 1). We also believe that testing for HIV should be mandatory, as “tens of million of people are living with HIV and 30% …show more content…

However, it is a free choice for anyone to engage in risky sexual activity, and the NHS which is giving drugs that can help prevent HIV and AIDS is not actually doing the right thing by providing the drug to people because they are encouraging people be involved risky sexual activity (Clark 1). The drugs that the NHS are providing are do not work 100% of the time (Clark 2). Another suggested option to help against the spread of HIV, is to test everyone for HIV, which could inform people if they have HIV even if they did not hot they had HIV. This sounds like a great idea, but, testing everyone for HIV would be unethical as not everyone would want to be tested as they may feel there privacy is being invaded, and HIV tests can be pretty costly, averaging about 50.00$ per test (Meursing

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