AIDS Policy Director Puts Stress on Science; Activists Give New Appointee High Marks

The Washington Post | April 22, 1997| | Copyright

Government officials should put science ahead of political considerations in deciding how to fight the AIDS epidemic, particularly when it comes to controversial strategies such as needle exchange programs and sex education in schools, said Sandra Thurman, President Clinton's new "AIDS czar."

"We need to let science drive on the issue of education, on the issue of needle exchange, on other issues that are pressing in this epidemic and not be afraid to do that," Thurman said in an interview.

Thurman, a longtime AIDS activist whom Clinton appointed this month as director of the Office ...

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