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AIDS, I'm not stupid. But what I don't understand is why are we not making sure that people in THIS COUNTRY that have AIDS receive the same consideration and healthcare? I don't know the exact cost of the medication and treatment that helps slow the deadly symptoms, but I do know that is is expensive and that many, many people who suffer from AIDS can't afford it. I also understand that Africa has the greatest number of AIDS cases, and contrary to some people I don't care how they got it or why. But I do care that people in this country are not being given the same attention as Africa. ALL PEOPLE with AIDS need help.
Please don't tell me it's because it doesn't get headlines like it does if we say we're going to help another country, that part I understand. What I am asking is why are not more people demanding the same help for Americans?
P.S. - Does anyone else remember reading the story in the Rolling Stone a number of years ago which said that it is possible that the disease jumped species to humans because of research into the cure for polio? They used the kidneys from a particular monkey, the kind that carried the AIDS virus as we know it, to incubate vaccines they were testing for polio. In the race to test the vaccines they went to Africa because of the high number of polio cases and no supervision of medical testing methods.
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