[ WP ] The man who found the cure for AIDS is being interviewed on live television . The interviewer is slowly realizing this man does n't understand ethical medical practices .

'So, please welcome my next guest, Dr. Andrew Reynolds!' 
 
 The applause from the audience thundered as a thin man walked out into the studio. He wore glasses and had a well-tailored suit. His hair was gelled up into spikes. He looked to be in his mid-twenties, which made his achievement all the more special. 
 
 For Reynolds had done something amazing. He had cured AIDS. 
 
 It had made the news for the entire week since the announcement. Several companies were already mass-producing the cure and thousands of victims were already being treated. There were no side-effects, it was cheap and easy to make, and protected a person for life. 
 
 Of course, Reynolds became a global celebrity overnight. He was constantly being asked to appear on news programmes, interviews, radio shows, magazines, newspapers, you name it. Everyone wanted to talk to the man who had defeated one of the most stubborn conditions known to man. But he had n't accepted any of their offers. Until tonight. 
 
 The host of this particular talk show was Richard Carlton, one of America's best-loved hosts. His good humour, insightful comments and interesting questions made for excellent entertainment. Everyone had been looking forward to tonight's show. 
 
'Hello, Andy - is it alright if I call you Andy? Please, do sit down.' 
 
'Thank you, Richard,' said Reynolds politely, easing himself down onto the couch.'It's great to be here. Really great.' 
 
'It's great to have you here, Andy,' replied Richard, smiling.'So, I'm going to cut straight to the chase. How did you cure the seemingly incurable disease that is AIDS?' 
 
'Well,' began Reynolds, sitting back.'It all began about two years ago. I was doing research into aggressive viruses and how they could possibly be harnessed to fight proper diseases. Basically, my idea was to fight fire with fire.' 
 
 He smiled.'Of course, it was n't simply a case of creating the opposite to AIDS. I had to make sure that the two would cancel each other out, not rip apart the person in the process. The artificial viruses I created were made to recognise the human body and work around it whilst fighting the AIDS virus. Otherwise it would be more a case of slash-and-burn.' 
 
'So did that work? How did you test it?' said Richard, leaning forwards. 
 
'It was difficult at first,' said Reynolds, adjusting his glasses.'The main problem was that the anti-AIDS viruses could n't be tested in anything other than a human, since they were only able to recognise human DNA. Even chimpanzees did n't work. They just died soon after the injection. No, it had to be a human subject.' 
 
 Richard blinked a few times before collecting himself.'You mean, you had a volunteer to be injected with AIDS?' 
 
'No, no, of course not!' laughed Reynolds.'I knew that such trials were made illegal, but we have to make sacrifices in the name of progress, do n't we?' 
 
'Then who did you test the cure on?' said Richard. His brow was beginning to shine with sweat under the studio lights. 
 
'An assistant of mine,' replied Reynolds.'Her name is Cassandra Phillips, or Cassie, as she likes to be called. I brought her into the lab one day, sedated her, and administered the first test cure along with the AIDs sample.' 
 
 Richard swallowed and glanced at the cameras. He smiled nervously.'So where is she now? How did she react?' 
 
 Reynolds crossed his legs and shook his head with a small smile.'Obviously I could n't let her go before the tests were done. What if the sample did n't work and she had transferred the disease? No, I kept her in a specially constructed observation room. It allowed me to study the effects more easily.' 
 
 Richard glanced down at his notes, feeling sick. This man was obviously quite mad.'You do realise that's unethical, do n't you?' 
 
'Unethical!' exclaimed Reynolds.'Ethics must be thrown aside if we are to defeat these diseases! Take autonomy, for example. A patient has the right to accept or refuse their treatment. And look where that has gotten us. Parents refusing to give their children vaccines because they think it'll cause autism, allowing things like measles to spread across the States! It's madness. If we made sure every last person was vaccinated against measles, it would be gone once and for all!' 
 
 He lowered his voice a little.'So that's why I had to do it, you see. By ignoring medical ethics one time, I have cured AIDS. Think how easy it will be to take on something like cancer if we ignore things like that. Autonomy - out the window. Doing a patient no harm is one I would rather not break, but if it requires sacrificing the one to help the many, I would do so in a heartbeat!' 
 
'But Ms. Phillips,' protested Richard.'Where is she now?' 
 
'Still in my lab,' drawled Reynolds.'Once the AIDS virus worked, I thought I might as well keep her for other tests. No sense in wasting a good testing ground, is there?' 
 
'I'm sorry, but you do n't seem to understand ethical medical practices at all,' said Richard.'Even if you have cured AIDS, you have violated a person's rights as a patient and your responsibilities as a medical practitioner.' He looked to one of the crew.'Get the police in here now! And someone find Ms. Phillips immediately!' 
 
'Scared of the truth, Carlton?' sneered Reynolds.'Let me ask you something. If you knew you could cure all worldly diseases by making one person suffer for a few years, would you do it? I did, and look at the result. We now have a cure for AIDS, and soon I shall make the same breakthrough with cancer as well. And all it will take is the sacrifice of a tiny portion of the rules we have put in place around ourselves.' 
 
 He stood up and turned to the cameras, arms raised. 
 
'It is only by breaking the rules that we can break the deadlock!' he proclaimed, eyes bulging.'I am a man of medicine, and I was taught that it was wrong to break the moral code! But see what happened when I did! And I will not rest until every last disease in the world is defeated! Even if it means the suffering of a few people, I am working for the greater good!' 
 
 At that moment, six burly police officers barged into the studio and grabbed Reynolds by the arms. He was dragged bodily from in front of the cameras. They turned to see him being pulled through the main doors. As he disappeared from view, everyone could hear him shouting. 
 
'I regret nothing!' he yelled.'You should all thank me for what I did! For the greater goo-' The closing doors cut off his last word. 
 
 Richard cleared his throat as the cameras turned back to him. He smiled hesitantly. 
 
'Go to commercials?'
