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To: LindyBill who wrote (59508)	12/2/2002 11:44:52 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bill, I don't agree with the single causal explanation of AIDS as produced by "political correctness," nor do I agree we should let the US Government off the historical hook. The Reagan administration was very late to the issue, if at all. I would guess, though I actually don't know, that serious government funding for AIDS research and treatment did not appear until the Clinton administration. However, that wasn't my point. Mine was about the future. It will take, if the FA article is correct, very large amounts of Chinese and Russian, and African nation resources to address the issue. The US Govt should help but I did not have their resources in mind with that post.

To: LindyBill who wrote (59508)	12/2/2002 11:50:18 AM
From: aladin	Respond to of 281500

LB, A good friend of mine was an epidemiologist in the Public Health Service. He was assigned to a research team at the beginning of the AIDS crisis and sent to San Francisco. He was appalled at the local Government interference in the investigation and the PC applied to the fight against the epidemic. This attitude in SF, created an atmosphere in Washington where many in the administration got their backs up and said 'f#$% them' - helping fuel the problem. We should have forced the issue and addressed the problem up front - politics be damned. John