PERSONAL NARRATIVE: HIV
Hey guys, my name is HIV. My full name is a mouthful, so my family and friends have abbreviated my name for others to understand. Today I will tell you a story of how I became the cities most talked about virus during the years of 2015–2018. Though my friend COVID-19 has taken away my spotlight, I still continue to infect humans all across the five boroughs. I hope you enjoy my personal narrative (I know I will!)
WHERE DO I LIVE?
First I would like to show you where I live. This is a snapshot of the places that I mostly visit, and ultimately infect people across the five boroughs. As you can see, throughout the years of 2015–2018, I don’t really spend that much in Staten Island. Actually, it seems that the amount of people that I’ve infected in Staten Island is steadily decreasing. I found it interesting that more people are diagnosed with me (HIV) in Brooklyn in the year 2015 than any other year or borough. The data also shows that I can also infect others outside of NYC and the places of the unknown (cool right?). Though I do appear in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens in large numbers, Brooklyn is where I mostly spend my time.
Now that I’ve told you to where I live, I would like to show you how diverse my group of friends are (the people I infect)!
MEET MY FRIENDS!
If you zoom into the count of how many people are diagnosed with me across the five boroughs, you will get an inside look on the race/ethnicity of my friends! From the graph above, you will see the average count of the amount of people that are diagnosed with me (HIV) between the years of 2015–2018. According to the New York City DOHMH, Black and Latino/Hispanic individuals are at higher risks of being exposed to HIV due to factors like income, lack of awareness, education and geographic regions. Native Americans has the lowest average of HIV between 2015–2018.
Great, now that you’ve met my friends and know where I mostly reside, let’s have an inside look on the genders of my friends!
The chart above shows that I infected more men in year 2015 than I did for transgender and women. Though I am friendly, I don’t spend much time with women and transgender's. I spent the least amount of time with women in 2016 and the least time with transgenders in 2017. (ugh I wish I spent my time more wisely :/)
DID I DO THAT?
I would hate to end this narrative on a bad note, but I had to spill the tea! The graph above shows the death rate per age, between 2015–2018. I’ve done a lot of damage for individuals 60+ in 2018. The graph shows a positive (but negative) correlation of the amount of people who have sadly lost their lives due to HIV. There was not a lot of teenagers who died from me (HIV), but the graph slowly increases with age.
Thank you for reaching the end of my personal narrative! Do me a favor and tell my friend COVID-19 I said hi! I know they’ll be around….*evil laugher*
