How Many Have Aids?

In 19 84, the c d c didn't classify you as having aids until you had one or more specific opportunistic infections. The person i interviewed at the centers for disease control said about three thousand people had been diagnosed. People with these non life threatening symptoms were said to have aides related complex,. It wasn't yet clear that almost all the people who had arc would go on to get full blown aids and die. At the end of my article, i quote the head of g m h c who says that the fact that many people may have a mild form of aids could be reassuring. He said, maybe aids isn't as horrible as we think. If only for virtually every one who