Fight Against AIDS

AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a virus that attacks the immune system, severely compromising the body’s ability to fight off disease. Typically, the viruses spread through the exchange of bodily fluids either through sexual contact or by the sharing of contaminated intravenous needles. Twenty years ago, an AIDS diagnosis was a certain death sentence, with victims typically suffering horribly painful and gruesome deaths. Thanks to research, awareness/education and recent medical breakthroughs, an AIDS diagnosis isn’t as dire, but still, one in 200 people around the world today are either infected by AIDS or carrying the HIV virus. That’s 33.2 million people living with this disease. In 2007, 2.1 million people died from AIDS, including 330,000 children. And the danger of AIDS and future mutations of the virus spiraling out of control is very real; we shouldn’t be lulled into any sense of false security. Much research is needed to find a cure once and for all. That’s why ONEHOPE donates 50% of profits from every bottle of our Merlot toward the fight against AIDS. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that in 2008 approximately 56,300 people in the United States will be newly infected with HIV.