Eric Schiffer – An Advocate of AIDS Patients
Out of all the number of diseases out there, the view of the public about AIDS never changed at all. It is still viewed as a dangerous disease. People are afraid of going near someone who has it for fear that they might get infected even by the simplest act of standing in the same room with the patient. They think that if they breathe the same air that AIDS patients breathe, they too will forever live with AIDS. Nobody deserves to be ostracized because of AIDS, but because of poor public knowledge and wrong perception, patients afflicted by the disease forever live in hiding. AIDS is a disease of the immune system. Based on research, it can be acquired through direct physical contact with a person who has the infection. In other words, having sex with someone who has AIDS will increase your chance of developing it. However, there are other means on how you can acquire AIDS. You can get it from needle infection. Aside from that, you can also have it if ever your mother has it. This is usually referred to as mother to child transmission.
Internationally known actor, author, and entrepreneur Eric Schiffer is one of the influential people who are helping raise the public awareness about AIDS. Schiffer is usually spotted during important events sponsored by either socialites or the A-list stars. He makes use of the moment by educating people about the risks of AIDS and how they should not look at patients with disgust. Rather, they should readily help out the patient because they do not deserve to live a life holed up and ousted by the society.
During the Los Angeles Emmys, Eric Schiffer was seen together with several people including MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann in which he expressed his support for people with AIDS. When he was interviewed by the press people, Schiffer told them that patients have the right to save their lives and they can do it with the help of other people who are eager to extend their support. One of the best solutions based on his statement is to lower the costs of drugs so that the health-care access will be better, especially for those who are part of the low-income group. This is not the only time that Schiffer used his influence to fight for something that he firmly believes in and that is the right to live and to be well.