Experts Warn of a Return of the AIDS Epidemic

[rangerrebew]

Experts Warn of a Return of the AIDS Epidemic
August 24, 2018 7:27 AM

    Carol Pearson
 

WASHINGTON —

Thirty-six million people currently live with AIDS, a disease that claimed the lives of nearly 1 million people last year. Experts predict that by 2030, 100 million people will have been infected with the HIV virus.

Despite the alarming numbers, there have been great strides in treatment. HIV is no longer a death sentence, and researchers say people receiving treatment for HIV are able to live normal lives and do not pose a risk to others when they are being treated proactively.

https://www.voanews.com/a/experts-warn-of-return-of-aids-epidemic/4542283.html

[Applewood]

I thought it never went away. 

Ordinarily, I wouldn't care if people are stupid enough to engage in the bad behavior that causes and spreads the disease. But then I think of how many innocent people also acquired and died from the disease -- like the young woman who contracted AIDS from her dentist or babies to whom the disease is transmitted by their mothers.