From the World AIDS Campaign: Efforts to halt AIDS are falling far short of their targets. Over 25 million people have been lost to AIDS so far, and 4.3 million people were infected with HIV this year. The spread of HIV is quickening – with more people infected in 2006 than in any previous year. This is despite the number of promises by world leaders to provide services to curb the rates of infection and to bring down deaths.
Go and visit my friend skeeter…
Michael Edward B.
September 28, 1949 – December 2, 1998I’ll be watching And the Band Played On again soon, Eddie. I’ll be thinking of you, and then of so many others. I’ll cry and hurt and then become enraged, for you and for them. And Eddie, you were wrong one last time. They still haven’t found a cure.
And then, go visit Karen Walrond at Chookooloonks. Leave a comment – she’s donating $1 for every comment to the Cyril Ross Nursery. Karen is awesome, and this is just more proof.
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Mahalo, Dneise. I think it’s really important to always remember that those terrible numbers reperesent much more than just statistics, so I’ve finally shared a little of Eddie’s story. I appreciate everyone who has stopped by to read.