Friday, June 12, 2009

what effect does hiv/aids have on the environment

what effect does hiv/aids have on the environment ?
we doing environmental studies in biology, and we came across a question none of us could answer.
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1 :
I don't think there is any single correct answer, because it is so open ended. You could pick one aspect about the HIV epidemic, from it's origins in Africa where hunters contracted a Simian Immunodificiency Virus that likely evolved into HIV. Or, you could pick the effects of governments' handling of the epidemic by doing nothing for years because it was considered a gay plague, wherein countless consumers died. That's something more involved though, because that is the roll of all diseases on populations. Also, you could delve deeper into the behavior of the virus itself. it's structure and ability to adapt and evolve into potentially something even more harmful. So many angles you could take with this question. As long as you can present your idea and support it with facts, then you have nothing to lose. Your teacher is probably only looking for you to think critically about a subject, rather than regurgitate what you heard your schoolmates say.
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The environment wouldn't be damaged due to HIV or aids, but the outcome on epidemics to the environment can, because of death tolls and the fact that bodies need to be incinerated where infection is cause of death, so the fact that we need to make sure the virus is dead which the only way that is done is through incineration, which cant be good for the environment due to the vast amount of co2 being pumped into the air, also, I think its unhealthy to the environment because of the women who end up infected which is not good in any case. but to be absolutely honest, I dont have a clue,x

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