`Why Should AIDS Be a Privileged Disease?'

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 12, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

AIDS is public health enemy No. 1, says President Reagan. It is on every front page, on every candidate's lips. Everyone agrees: we need to do more. Sen. Robert Dole has the presidential candidate's standard AIDS formulation, calling for spending "whatever resources {are} necessary to get the job done."

"Whatever resources?" When politicians are unanimous on any issue, it is time to pause. Sen. Al Gore has called for a "Manhattan Project" on AIDS. Why should the fight against AIDS be the exclusive beneficiary of a massive government effort?

Because AIDS is fatal? Since 1981 AIDS has ...

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