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First time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day
- matthuggins 11mo agoAre we great yet?
- roshin 11mo agoIt's been 37 years. Since then many treatments for the disease have been discovered. We no longer commemorate the bubonic plague and we never commemorated lime disease. It makes sense that at some point we would stop commemorating other diseases.
- JohnFen 11mo agoAt some point, sure. But perhaps that point should be when the disease is no longer a large public health risk? There are a ton of other diseases we still "commemorate" because they're still big unsolved problems.
- josefritzishere 10mo agoAfter about 44 million deaths, only about half a million people die every year of AIDS. There is still no cure. I'm not sure what sensible stopping point you imagine but that doesnt seem to be it.
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- alsetmusic 10mo agoThe president loves musicals. I guess he still hasn't seen "Rent."
- iamyashpreet 10mo agoBy AIDS he meant people who are suffering from Addictive Internet Disruptive Syndrome
- rsynnott 10mo agoI mean, its health secretary is a HIV denialist, so this is perhaps hardly surprising.