(Editor’s Note: This is a “recycled” post from some time back. I’m using a special piece of software that pulls posts from the “older” part of this blog from categories I specify, and brings them back to the top of the front page. That gives them a chance to be read again — or ignored again — to a newer generation of visitors. Enjoy.)
This can’t be good news any way you look at it: The AIDS virus is infecting more people annually in the U.S. than previously thought, according to federal health officials.
The story points out that we have no way of knowing whether new estimates are simply more accurate than past estimates — or whether the increase really is happening.
My concern is that too many people in our society suffer from what can only be called “medical attention span shortness” or maybe “medical denial,” both of which has led people to be more careless regarding the spread of this deadly virus. The good news is, detection and treatment of the virus has led to generally longer, healthier lives for many victims of the disease. The bad news is, this has fed this short attention span/medical denial syndrome, leading to said carelessness.
Bottom line is this: Whether the figures are simply better measured or the disease is truly on the rise, we must ALL remember this is a deadly disease and demands our best efforts to fight it and our constant vigilance regarding the killer virus.
Ah, well, what do I know? I’m just a guy who reads the papers.
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