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  • Sorting out the facts on AIDS

    12/02/2003 7:58:03 AM PST · by mikeb704 · 50 replies · 3,170+ views
    Oak Lawn (IL) Reporter ^ | 12/4/03 | Michael M. Bates
    Last Monday was designated World AIDS Day. U.S. Health Secretary Tommy Thompson, speaking from the AIDS-ravaged continent of Africa, said that it looks like we’re losing the war against the deadly disease. Former South African president Nelson Mandela hosted a concert in Cape Town as part of an effort to have AIDS declared a global emergency. Taped messages from Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson were shown. Sitting near Mandela was Oprah Winfrey. Yes, the same Oprah who in 1987 presciently observed: "Research studies now project that one in five – listen to me, hard to believe – one in five...