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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (97101)	5/1/2003 7:49:08 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

>>they follow the crowd from in front, checking over their shoulders to make sure they are at the head of the parade<< Funny. One of my favorite bosses used to say, "which way did they go? I must get out in front of them for I am their leader!"

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (97101)	5/2/2003 12:23:47 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

Speak of the devil. Politicians spending $billions on AIDS, a decade or actually two decades too late. They should join the coalition of the willing against Sars. AIDS is trivial for the USA compared with the consequences of uncontrolled Sars. It's up to individuals to avoid AIDS. The horse has bolted on that one. But there's a chance still to nail Sars. nytimes.com <WASHINGTON, May 1 — The House adopted a $15 billion initiative to combat AIDS worldwide today. The vote was taken after conservatives won a requirement that at least one-third of the money promote sexual abstinence before marriage. The concession helped solidify support for a measure for AIDS treatment, research and education that is a priority of the Bush administration, and it resulted in a strong bipartisan vote in support of a social measure in the usually polarized House. The vote was 375 to 41. "In adopting this proposal, we show the world that conviction and compassion go together," said Representative Henry J. Hyde, the Illinois Republican who is chairman of the International Relations Committee. Mr. Hyde compared the AIDS crisis to the medieval plague. The proposal would almost triple federal spending over five years for fighting AIDS overseas, a significant expansion of United States participation. Aimed particularly at Africa, the measure has been pushed by lawmakers from both parties and AIDS advocacy groups. It received a surprise endorsement from President Bush in his State of the Union speech, giving it new urgency. "Today's action is an important step toward providing critically needed treatment and care for millions of people suffering from AIDS and proven prevention programs for millions more who are at risk," Mr. Bush said after the vote. He urged the Senate to follow suit quickly. Senate officials said they hoped to consider a similar proposal in committee as early as next week. The majority leader, Bill Frist of Tennessee, a surgeon, has been closely involved in trying to pull together a bill, but none has been introduced because of differences over spending and prevention policies. Lawmakers said the House passage could give momentum to Senate action. As they counted the toll of dead and dying in their debate, lawmakers said the United States needed to have a greater role in slowing the suffering caused by a disease that has killed an estimated 25 million people, and infected even many more, 30 million in sub-Saharan Africa alone. "What we are doing today on a bipartisan basis will save the lives of tens of millions of innocent people across the globe," said Representative Tom Lantos of California, senior Democrat on the International Relations Committee. Under the program envisioned in the House bill, the money would go to drug treatment for people with AIDS in Africa, the Caribbean and other regions where cases are sharply increasing; to provide care; to finance research for a vaccine; and to help support children orphaned by the disease. At least 55 percent of the money would be for medical treatment. The bill also provides up to $1 billion a year for a fund to treat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. But in an effort to generate contributions from other nations, it limits the United States share to 33 percent. ... continued... > Actually, SARS is more like the medieval plague than AIDS. I'm more worried about SARS than SARIN, OSAMA or AIDS. Mqurice