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The possibility of scientists finding a cure for AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) or a vaccine to prevent the transmission of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS) in the foreseeable future is very improbable, if not impossible. This is definitely not due to a lack of effort on the part of science. The fact is, HIV is a very clever and resilient virus; it is capable of mutating very rapidly in order to ensure its survival in the body. As the virus mutates and is transmitted to another human being through blood and body fluid contact, such as unprotected sexual activity, it will continue to mutate and change in the new host.

Scientists are zealously studying and trying to understand this virus, and will continue to do so, in hopes of discovering a breakthrough "cure". In the meantime, billions of dollars are spent by the pharmaceutical companies each year on research and development of new and less toxic treatments for HIV and AIDS. To say that nothing is being done is very much a wrong impression. The work is being done, it just doesn't seem to be giving us the instant results that we want.

We may not be happy about the fact that this disease is here, and seems to be here to stay. We may be appalled at the rates of infection in areas of the world without sophisticated medical care, such as South Africa, parts of Asia, and the Caribbean. But we have to admit that the effort is being made, and will continue to be made, to control and contain this virus- if not eradicate it.

HIV and AIDS knows no boundaries. It is no longer about politics, sexual orientation, lifestyle, or drug use. It is about being human. It is not up to us to judge how someone might have become infected; that really doesn't matter. We are all susceptible; the next diagnosed case of HIV could be any one of us. We have a responsibility to be compassionate to any human being who is infected or affected by HIV.

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