AIDS that is considered a disease of the poor is no longer confined in this parameter as it has started enfolding elite circles too. This assertion is true as far as South Africa is concerned. The researchers put the disclosure forward, after they went through a deep analysis of the data available with them.
Another revelation that came to the fore through this analysis made it clear that there has been a rapid increase in HIV infections in professional people and those with fulltime employment. On the issue Carel van Aardt, director of Unisa’s Bureau of Market Research expressed his views in the following words, ‘The high-risk group is growing, it is getting older and it is getting richer.’
This is really quite a thinkable issue because ‘elite circle’ of the society is normally considered more vigilant, educated and aware especially about such issues but as this analysis shows that this so-called ‘elite circle’ is quite susceptible to AIDS in South Africa, which is quite a puzzling situation.
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