In the 1980s and 1990s, AIDS was predicted to become an epidemic that would rival the Black Plague and maybe worse, killing untold millions of people, particularly homosexuals and blacks.
It's been years now since I've even heard AIDS mentioned. The last thing I remember reading was that parts of Black Africa were supposedly being ravaged, but apparently not. In the US of A, now the US of Gay, it's obvious that AIDS is no longer a threat to homosexuals, otherwise it would be a major news story.
What happened? I don't think there's been a cure, but perhaps drugs that keep the HIV virus from mutating into full-blown AIDS have eliminated the threat. AIDS was still a huge story when Magic Johnson announced he had HIV, but nearly a quarter century later he's still going strong.
So what's the deal? Is the HIV virus still spreading? Is it even a big deal to have? Are people still dying of AIDS?
It's been years now since I've even heard AIDS mentioned. The last thing I remember reading was that parts of Black Africa were supposedly being ravaged, but apparently not. In the US of A, now the US of Gay, it's obvious that AIDS is no longer a threat to homosexuals, otherwise it would be a major news story.
What happened? I don't think there's been a cure, but perhaps drugs that keep the HIV virus from mutating into full-blown AIDS have eliminated the threat. AIDS was still a huge story when Magic Johnson announced he had HIV, but nearly a quarter century later he's still going strong.
So what's the deal? Is the HIV virus still spreading? Is it even a big deal to have? Are people still dying of AIDS?