The AIDS virus is more abundant nationwide than most think. Countries outside the United States are more susceptible to the HIV/AIDS virus mainly because of the economy that the country holds. Transmissions of the HIV/AIDS virus in these countries are: “IV drug users and male and female commercial sex workers…and unprotected sex” (Stratigos 5). Those infected with the virus continue to spread the virus because they are unable to receive any type of treatment. Those countries whose economies are not like the United States have a much harder time funding research and other sources of prevention for this disease, which makes prevention and treatment for HIV/AIDS patients very difficult. Because of the lack of treatment resources, most of the people cannot fight the virus and are then forced to live with such a horrible disease (Stratigos).
John D. Stratigos MD. And Evangelia Tzala MSc authors of Global: Epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS, support their c
laim using this type of argument; argument based on facts and reasoning. Throughout the piece, the authors use number and facts about the HIV/AIDS virus and statistics of the people affected in different countries. The reader of this article may not have much sympathy for those infected with the virus because most information given is about millions of people and it is hard for a reader to fully understand such a large amount of people who are affected. Of the different types of fallacies, the one that seems to have been used by these authors is the inappropriate evidence. At times evidence given did not fit the main point that was trying to be put across. The authors should have been more consistent in the usage of information. In addition, the authors used stylistic devices such as use of language and qualifying statements which helped the reader continue in reading the article.
Overall the authors overlooked some explanations such as what the problems in other countries are today. Most of
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