Flu research should be prioritized over HIV/AIDS research.

I can see this debate going on longer so if you wish to continue we can. Presentation HIV is a retro virus that transcribes its RNA-contaning genetic material into DNA of the host cell nucleus; this virus has a propensity for the immune cell replacing the RNA of lymphocytes and macrophages causing an immunodificient state[1]. What this is saying the virus injects its genetic material into the host cell and screws everything up. A lot of people think that HIV and AIDS are the same thing and use the acronyms interchangeably but this is not the case. As I am sure we can all agree HIV effects the immune system (HIV= human imunodifficincy virus). AIDS is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and is the result of the progression of HIV[2]. The means of transition of HIV is sexual contact, any form of blood contact, and from mother to child either during pregnancy or after threw breast feeding[3]. In the US there are more than 47,000 new diagnosis’s of HIV/AIDS each year[4]. Another problem that is frequently brought up is that HIV/AIDS is an exclusively African problem (the content not the race). However in the world HIV/AIDS is the 6th leading cause of death worldwide[5]. However in one of my latter points I will argue why this number is a misrepresentation of the amount of people who die each year. The seasonal influenza or “flu” virus is a highly contagious acute viral respiratory infection[6]. Each year there are 36,000 deaths from the flu each year[7]. There are several different families of the flu and the vaccine is based on which one epidemiologist believe will be most aggressive each year[8]. As mentioned earlier AIDS is the 6th leading cause of death worldwide[9]. The problem with this number is this number is only the people who die as a direct result of the pathological process of the HIV virus. Part of the pathological process is it destroys the T cell immune system[10]. Without the T cell system a lot of antibiotics will not help HIV/AIDS patients[11]. Therefore some of the people who died from bacterial infections died as an indirect result of HIV/AIDS. With their immune system being compromised HIV/AIDS patients are suspetiable to diseases that most healthy people do not get such as TB[12]. As mentioned above antibiotics do not help HIV/AIDS patients. The point I am trying to make here is that some of the people who died from bacterial infections, TB, pneumonia, the flu and almost any other disease died indirectly due to their comorbidity of HIV/AIDS. Rebuttals Yes the flu is more contagious but as mentioned above HIV/AIDS is more deadly. Not to mention the side effects of the medications used to treat HIV/AIDS are horrible and I do not have enough time to get into the who problem with treatment of HIV/AIDS. (My sift at work is almost over and I dont feel like reseraching more than I already have) The other problem with your argument is it is not well sourced and I have no idea where some of your information comes from. The other problem is the Spanish flue happened a long time ago. Almost 100 years. There has been a huge advancement in genetics and epidemiology medicine. The Spanish flue was actually an outbreak of the H1N1 virus (sound familiar?) As discussed above there are families of flu so they are genetically similar. Once geneticists figured out one vaccine they can easily figure out them all. There is another argument that I have based on how the HIV/AIDS virus is mutating and evolving making it more and more difficult to treat. [1] Sole, Mary Lou., Deborah G. Klein, and Marthe J. Moseley. Introduction to Critical Care Nursing. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013. Print. [2] McCance. Pathophysiology: the Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013. Print [3] McCance. Pathophysiology: the Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013. Print [4] http://www.cdc.gov... [5] http://www.who.int... [6] Ignataicius, Medical-Surgical Nursing 7th edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013. Print [7] Ignataicius, Medical-Surgical Nursing 7th edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013. Print [8] Ignataicius, Medical-Surgical Nursing 7th edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013. Print [9] McCance. Pathophysiology: the Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013. [10] McCance. Pathophysiology: the Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013. [11] McCance. Pathophysiology: the Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013. [12] McCance. Pathophysiology: the Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013.