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Article: AIDS battle has no claim to privilege
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 14, 1987
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AIDS is public health enemy No. 1, says President Reagan. It is
on every front page, on every candidate's lips. Everyone agrees: We
need to do more. Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) has the presidential
candidate's standard AIDS formulation, calling for spending "whatever
resources (are) necessary to get the job done."
"Whatever resources"? When politicians are unanimous on any
issue, it is time to pause. Sen. Albert Gore Jr. (D-Tenn.) has
called for a "Manhattan Project" on AIDS.
Why should the fight against AIDS be the exclusive beneficiary
of a huge government effort?
Because AIDS is fatal? Since 1981, AIDS has killed about 20,000
people in the United states. Heart disease kills ...