|
|
Article: The new challenge of AIDS Samuel T. Lloyd III is the rector at Trinity Church.
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 11, 1998
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1998 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
For the past 11 years, Trinity Church has held an annual AIDS
healing service, and so preparing for tomorrow's should feel
familiar. This year, though, preparations have taken on a different
tone because the epidemic has entered a new phase, as have we who
seek to care for people living with AIDS and their caregivers.
The combined work of education and new drugs have helped ease the
crisis. Some of these drugs are indeed working miracles, and many
people who were counting each tick of a clock that was running out
now find themselves planning a new life.
That is not to say the devastation has ended, that the spread of
the disease has been stopped, or that the ambiguity of living with
HIV ...