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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgcQfIt1kqw&feature=youtu.be
Please watch the youtube video that is linked within module 3 on HIV, titled, “The plague of our time”.
After you watch the video, please address the following questions , save and submit your completed assignment in the Module 3 homework upload section.

1.   The disease caused by HIV was first referred to as GRID, gay related immune disease, discuss two reasons why it was initially given this name.

2.   Many cases of HIV infection and AIDS did not appear until many years after the first cases, what was unique about the virus and disease that caused so many cases to appear later?

3.   Why was there so much resistance to discussion of the disease amongst politicians and other public figures?

4.   Speakers in the video reference a clinical trial that investigated giving AZT to HIV-positive pregnant mothers before birth. What were the findings of this study?

5.   Why are multiple drugs need to effectively treat HIV?

6.   Dr. Farmer discusses the impact of generic drugs being available for developing countries, how have these drugs changed the cost of treatment for HIV/AIDS?

7.   What are some of the remaining challenges for HIV treatment discussed in the video? Discuss at least 2.

Completely answered below :)

Due to ignorance. Very little was known about the disease when the epidemic first broke - people thought it was exclusive to gay people, and thought that it could be transmitted through saliva, even though HIV can only be transmitted through bodily fluids, such as blood.