Day 265: Wasn’t this news released last December? Review

I am never opposed to more press coverage of HIV, but the big story today seems to be an old one. The CDC reports that instead of the approximately 40,000 new HIV infections in the U.S every year, in 2006 we actually had about 56,000 new infections. That’s a huge difference. They used a new surveillance method to come up with this number.

As you may note (as carried in this blog), the same data were released on World AIDS Day last year. The Wall Street Journal reported then that the U.S. incidence was about 60,000.  The CDC is saying this is a wake-up call—but the wake-up call should have been (at least) 8 months ago! Well, we’ve never done enough on HIV, and I don’t think the increased U.S. incidence estimates will do anything to change that. Should we start taking bets on whether HIV gets any debate time in the upcoming elections?


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The Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence Review

What a wonderful group of people with such a great cause. The Sisters have done some extraordinary outreach work especially concerning HIV/AIDS. And by making a joke out of the Catholic church and it's convents, and mixing in the fabulous drag element makes it that much greater. Any group that goes out and makes a scene, I have major respect for. The Sisters can be found at many public free events around SF, or sometimes just walking around the mall in full drag. How cool is that? I've met quite a few sisters and I have not met anyone with bigger hearts and more passion and drive to make a change and help the community. Anyone who says this group is offensive is a judgmental homophobic prick who does not understand satire, or really what the sisters are all about.

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