HIV may have started spreading due to one of our evolutionary ancestors, but today HIV has infected millions of people around the world. What may start out as a single HIV cell, replicates into huge numbers of the pathogen which the ability to destroy our immune system and render our body's as defenseless and useless. Our knowledge of HIV has also developed through the decades and we have been able to manufacture multiple treatments which supress the effects of HIV but not eliminate the virus entirely. As Eric Gutierrez explains, "2020 accurately reflects the current public health realities and builds upon the latest advances in care and treatment to help form a smart and strategic action plan for the next five years. Since the last plan was released in 2010, there have been significant advancements in HIV treatment and prevention. Greater access to HIV testing, clinical care and life-saving drugs through the Affordable Care Act has been a game changer. [...] It also rightly focuses on the communities most at-risk, particularly transgender women and gay/bisexual youth and men of color.”(#57) We must look to the future with optimism, though, because there is huge potential for treatment methods such as Stem Cell Therapy and Crispr/Cas9. However we must also consider the ethical, legal and social issue that may arise as we develop new methods to treat HIV because if mishandled, they could become a danger to humanity. Additionally, younger generations must be properly educated on how to contain the spread of HIV so that As our human race continues to progress forward, there is no doubt that in the future, we may finally be able to cure and eliminate the HIV virus.