Washington d.c. Hiv/aids epidemic

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090317/hl_time/08599188560100
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HIV/AIDS: A Surging Epidemic in Washington, D.C.
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By ALEX ALTMAN – Tue Mar 17, 3:10 pm ET
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Update 2008
Washington, D.C. Department of Health
82 pages
The Gist:
There are few who still shrug off HIV and AIDS as exotic calamities that only befall specific segments of the world's population. But many of us are likely oblivious to just how badly the virus is ravaging our nation's capital. According to a city report, 3% of Washington, D.C. residents suffer from HIV or AIDS - a figure that ranks as the highest in the nation and far outstrips the 1% benchmark at which a health issue becomes a "generalized and severe" epidemic. The district's HIV/AIDS Administration director, Shannon Hader, couched the severity of the problem in stark terms, noting the city's rate of infection surpasses those in West Africa and is "on par with Uganda and some parts of Kenya." The most disquieting part? Things may be getting worse.
(See Photos of Africa's AIDS Crisis)

 

[Kenn Rashad]

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[jsupop33]

3% is an undercount...

 

[buckwheat]

3% is an undercount...

Pop, it's bad in the D.C./ Baltimore areas. I used to be a member of Metropolitan Baptist in D.C. and was an usher there. About 3 years ago the church had AIDS awareness week where Majic Johnson came and spoke on one particular day. I was there as an usher, but there were so many people there that were infected. Majic talked about how bad the epidemic was in D.C. and Baltimore. Man, that was an eye-opener for me then. Some of the people you couldn't even tell that they had AIDS.

 

[buckwheat]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090317/hl_time/08599188560100
:shame:
HIV/AIDS: A Surging Epidemic in Washington, D.C.
Buzz UpSendSharePrint
By ALEX ALTMAN – Tue Mar 17, 3:10 pm ET
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Update 2008
Washington, D.C. Department of Health
82 pages
The Gist:
There are few who still shrug off HIV and AIDS as exotic calamities that only befall specific segments of the world's population. But many of us are likely oblivious to just how badly the virus is ravaging our nation's capital. According to a city report, 3% of Washington, D.C. residents suffer from HIV or AIDS - a figure that ranks as the highest in the nation and far outstrips the 1% benchmark at which a health issue becomes a "generalized and severe" epidemic. The district's HIV/AIDS Administration director, Shannon Hader, couched the severity of the problem in stark terms, noting the city's rate of infection surpasses those in West Africa and is "on par with Uganda and some parts of Kenya." The most disquieting part? Things may be getting worse.
(See Photos of Africa's AIDS Crisis)

Hi Hornet, you're right down the road from where I live. How long have you been in the area?

 

[jsupop33]

I work in SE Buck. It is terrible, this doesnt even count PG county.

 

[FAMU CLIFF]

Between the high incarceration rates and the explosion of cheap high quality heroin since the Afghan war, this is almost to be expected.