AIDS: The superiority of old guys

Erika, you are so inefficient. You had to interview two people to get pro and con views on the likelihood of an HIV vaccine. I got both sides from one person, Dr. Peggy Johnston, Director of the Vaccine and Prevention Research Program at NIAID. I asked her whether it was possible that we might never have a vaccine. “Yes, that’s possible,” she said. But she was also optimistic that the vaccine campaign would succeed.

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AIDS: The superiority of old guys

Erika, you are so inefficient. You had to interview two people to get pro and con views on the likelihood of an HIV vaccine. I got both sides from one person, Dr. Peggy Johnston, Director of the Vaccine and Prevention Research Program at NIAID. I asked her whether it was possible that we might never have a vaccine. “Yes, that’s possible,” she said. But she was also optimistic that the vaccine campaign would succeed.

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AIDS: Sex workers and saris

You can identify the people from the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles by their black t-shirts. On the front: “Got AIDS”? On the back: “How do you know?” It’s part of their campaign to get all black Americans tested. Also encountered in the halls of the conference center: a clutch of men and women in indigenous African garb, two Vietnamese men in the saffron robes of Buddhist monks, several women from India in brightly patterned saris, and two men excellently dressed as women.

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AIDS: Sex workers and saris

You can identify the people from the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles by their black t-shirts. On the front: “Got AIDS”? On the back: “How do you know?” It’s part of their campaign to get all black Americans tested. Also encountered in the halls of the conference center: a clutch of men and women in indigenous African garb, two Vietnamese men in the saffron robes of Buddhist monks, several women from India in brightly patterned saris, and two men excellently dressed as women.

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AIDS: Sex workers and saris

You can identify the people from the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles by their black t-shirts. On the front: “Got AIDS”? On the back: “How do you know?” It’s part of their campaign to get all black Americans tested. Also encountered in the halls of the conference center: a clutch of men and women in indigenous African garb, two Vietnamese men in the saffron robes of Buddhist monks, several women from India in brightly patterned saris, and two men excellently dressed as women.

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AIDS: How is this meeting different from all other meetings?

This afternoon, as I was walking through an area of community organizations dubbed “The Global Village”, a young Thai man handed me a booklet of Asian Programme Activities – including such titles as “Sex, Drugs and ARVs Behind Prison Bars” — along with a small bag that proved to contain 2 condoms – one lubricated, the other not.

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AIDS: How is this meeting different from all other meetings?

This afternoon, as I was walking through an area of community organizations dubbed “The Global Village”, a young Thai man handed me a booklet of Asian Programme Activities – including such titles as “Sex, Drugs and ARVs Behind Prison Bars” — along with a small bag that proved to contain 2 condoms – one lubricated, the other not.

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AIDS: How is this meeting different from all other meetings?

This afternoon, as I was walking through an area of community organizations dubbed “The Global Village”, a young Thai man handed me a booklet of Asian Programme Activities – including such titles as “Sex, Drugs and ARVs Behind Prison Bars” — along with a small bag that proved to contain 2 condoms – one lubricated, the other not.

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