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World AIDS Day
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deborah Nina Cherry)
Tue Nov 28 01:03:54 1995
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 01:01:21 -0500
Reply-To: Deborah Nina Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
From: Deborah Nina Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
This Friday, December 1 is World AIDS Day. It's a day to remember all
those who have lost their lives to this disease, and all those who are
living with HIV/AIDS and their friends and families. It's a time to
educate yourself and others about the risks and myths of AIDS. It's a
time to reach out to those living everyday in the face of HIV/AIDS.
These things shouldn't be limited to just one day, they should be part
of everyone's lives every day of the year, but we use World AIDS Day to
especially remember, and to spread the word to others. It's a time to
remember it doesn't just affect "other people," but people just like us,
including our friends and loved ones. Almost everyone knows someone
personally who is HIV positive, although they might not realize it now.
There are a lot of events going on around the country and in local
communities to commemerate World AIDS Day. I strongly encourage
everyone try to participate in some element of the day, even if it's
just wearing a red ribbon. A panel of the AIDS quilt will be on display
at Pitt, and am sure at many other locations around the country. The
quilt is a very moving experience, Perhaps the most disturbing thing of
all is that unfortunately, it has grown too large to be displayed all at
once in one spot.
According to AmFAR, as of today, nearly 500,000 people in the United
States have been diagnosed with AIDS; more than 300,000 have died. In
less than 15 years, AIDS has become the principal killer of all
Americans between the ages of 25 and 44. Since the epidemic began, an
estimated 20 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV, the
virus that causes AIDS. People infected with HIV are our friends and
neighbors; they are people in our offices and schools, churches and
synagogues. They are our children, our parents, our brothers and
sisters. They live in every state and community in our nation. Everyone
needs to know about AIDS because it waits at everyone's door. Each of us
must learn how to prevent infection with HIV, how to support the people
around us who are HIV-infected, and how to make sure that our national,
state, and local governments deal sensibly with this insidious disease.
(from http://www.thebody.com/AmFAR/Ounce.html)
Yours in LFS,
Debbie Cherry
Life Member, Kappa Chapter, Carnegie Mellon University
Section 62 Staff
INTERNET or BITNET: dc30@andrew.cmu.edu
