Acquired Immune Deficiency better knows, as AIDS is a virus that is affecting families all over the Unites States today. In a statistical study done by the United States Department of Health and Human Services they reported that 633,000 people were diagnosed with AIDS in 1997 and 393,416 deaths from the virus were reported (United States). Although AIDS is not a very highly contagious disease like chicken pox, measles, or the pink eye it affects a great number of people and their families in todays society. When ones family member first finds out about a loved one contracting the disease there are a range of reactions and emotions they go through.The first big reaction the family usually has is anger. The family members are not mad at the person that has contracted this terminal illness but at the situation they are in claiming that it is unfair. No one regardless of how he or she becomes infected asked for or deserved this infection. Steven Charles who became infected through sexual intercourse said Why me? I didnt do anything wrong, I never hurt anyone, I was doing what seemed right to me (Bartlett, p. 80). These are many questions the victims usually ask themselves when they receive the news that they have contracted this virus. The family members on the other hand ask similar questions when they find out about a loved one contracting AIDS. They are very confused and they are searching for answers as to why this has happened to a perfectly good person? Why god is mad at them and doing this to their family? B.A MayThe next reaction that people and their family members have is depression. Depression is the feeling of being alone and helpless. Many family members of a loved one that has contracted AIDS blame themselves and ask; why wasnt I there to stop them, why didnt I pick up on them using intervenes drugs? The victims of AIDS also go into deep depression. They feel lonely and alienated from their friends, relative...
