Name: Theodore D.

Liwongan
NIM: 00000005570
Tutor: dr. Julia Iskandar (A!
". A M#sterious Ailment
$erson: %oung homose&ual ' (ise&ual men) drug users) and *re+iousl# health# *erson.
$la,e: New %ork) Los Angeles) and large ,ities
Time: -ummer "./"
. 0#*othesis:
$erson: M#sterious ailment a11e,ts homose&ual and (ise&ual men (e,ause in the *ast) homose&ual
and (ise&ual was regarded as disease and the 2- go+ernment wanted to wi*e out the homose&uals
and (ise&uals (# in1e,ting them with a new germ3(a,teria3+irus. This m#sterious ailment ,an (e
transmitted through se&ual inter,ourse) when se+eral (od# 1luids ((lood) semen) et,.! 1rom an
in1e,ted *erson get into the (od# o1 someone who isn4t in1e,ted. Also using the in1e,ted s#ringe ,an
*ossi(l# in1e,ts the user) su,h as drug users. 5omen weren4t 1ound to (e +i,tims here *ro(a(l#
(e,ause the new *athogen (germ3(a,teria3+irus! had no signi1i,an,e e11e,ts in 1emale4s (od#6 the
*athogen might use 1emale4s in1e,ted (od# onl# as reser+oir.
$la,e: M#sterious ailment was 1ound in large ,ities su,h as New %ork and Los Angeles (e,ause
there were more homose&ual and (ise&ual men in the large ,ities than in the ,ountr#side so the
transmission o1 the m#sterious ailment ,ould (e s*read 1ast and easil# resulting a +er# great num(er
o1 +i,tims in large ,ities. 7ree se&) homose&ualit#) and (ise&ualit# also were more ,ommon in large
,ities.
Time: This m#sterious ailment took *la,e in "./" *ro(a(l# (e,ause the in+ention o1 the new
*athogen had 8ust su,,ess at that time) remem(ering that doing su,h a resear,h ,an take a lot o1
time. And summer was a good time 1or s*reading the new (iowea*on to eliminate homose&uals and
(ise&uals. In su,h *la,e as Los Angeles and New %ork) there is a time when students ha+e a long
time (reak 1rom s,hool at summer) the# ,all it summer holida#. That4s the time when students go on
+a,ation) make *art# with their 1riends) hang out) et,. $eo*le 1rom the ,ountr#side ma# also ,ome to
the large ,ities 1or +a,ation. This would (e di11erent i1 it ha**ened on winter. $eo*le are more likel#
to go outside during summer than winter. That means the# would ha+e more intera,tions with others
during summer than winter) in,luding se&ual intera,tion. -o) man# *eo*le ,an ha+e more a11air with
more *eo*le at this long *eriod o1 1ree time.
0omose&uals and (ise&uals men in the large ,ities su,h as New %ork and Los Angeles on summer in
"./" ha+e a high risk to get the m#sterious ailment.