text: A discovery that has significantly changed many peoples lives and their ways of thinking is the epidemic, known as  AIDS.  Though it has probably been around for awhile, it's presence hasn't really been known untill fairly recently, and it's consequences have been devistating.
  	AIDS has definately had an impact on people in the United States and probably all over the world because it always leads to death and there is no cure.  It has caused a lot of prejudice and paranoia among people which has torn them apart.  For example, there is more of stigma attached to being a homosexual male, not only because of their sexual preference, but they probably have AIDS too.  This kind of ignorant thinking is breaking us apart.
   Also, when Ryan White, a boy who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion was diagnosed, the people of his town and his school treated him like a complete outcast and wouldn't allow him to attend school.  With new discoveries of AIDS, paranoia is at an all time high.
  	Doctors are discovering that some undetectable strands of AIDS do exist.   This has really scared people because they may have AIDS and not even know it. I feel this has really made people think about their actions.  In the  early eighties "casual sex" in the United States was a widely accepted idea, now it is something people really take into consideration and rarely occurs.
   Relationships seemed to be valued more than one night stands.  People are starting to realize that they really do have to be careful, and with more education on this disease, I'm sure more changes will come about.
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