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Epidemic

EPIDEMIC THERE IS A AN EPEDMIC SWEEPING THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD IT FINDS ITS WAY INTO ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE MEN, WOMEN, BOYS, AND GIRLS IT IS A DISEASE THAT TEARS DOWN IMMUNITY WE DON’T HOW IT GOT HERE, BUT IT PLAGUES ALL HUMANITY SOME PEOPLE GET IT IN OTHER COUNTRIES, WHERE POVERTY ABIDES SOME GET FROM INDUSTRIAL NATIONS, AND NOT JUST FROM SKID ROW’S SIDE SOME GET FROM CARELESSNESS, MAKING LOVE WITHOUT PROTECTION KNOWING THAT IF THERE’S NOT TRUE LOVE, THE SEX HAS NO MEANINGFUL CONNECTION SOME GET IT SHARING NEEDLES IN AN EFFORT TO GET HIGH ACTING AS IF THE DRUGS WILL MAKE THEIR PROBLEMS FLOAT ON BY SOME PEOPLE ARE INNOCNENT VICTIMS SPOUSES, RAPE VICTIMS, AND KIDS SOME WHO GET IT ARE FORCED PROSTITUTES AND SOME, FOR THE SAKE OF SURVIVAL DOES THESE GIGS. SOME GET FROM MEDICAL MISTAKES LIKE BAD BLOOD TRANFUSIONS IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE A RARITY NOW BUT IN THE WORLD OF MEDICINE, THERE IS MUCH CONFUSION. THIS EPIDEMIC IS GLOBAL IT KILLS MILLIONS EVERY YEAR IF SOMEONE EVER FINDS A CURE THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD STOP AND CHEER.

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Date: 2/11/2010 4:00:00 PM
When I was in college, I had to write a paper about what I thought was the greatest health threat for the next ten years and I wrote my paper about AIDS. Neat write here to remind us that it is still out there. Keep the creative pen flowing. Sara
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