AIDS kills. It does so in extremely nasty ways. By attacking the human immune system, the disease opens the victim to any number of, otherwise, non-fatal illnesses. The result is generally a heart-rending debilitating and lingering death.According to some experts, AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - first arose in the middle to late 1970’s in Africa, when a small, infected Green Monkey, sunk its teeth into a local native. From such humble beginnings it then exploded across the globe - as a result of sexual transmission - bringing massive death and misery in its wake. - Read more.