Top News Story - November 9, 1991

A national discussion has been triggered because of Magic Johnson’s announcement this week that he has HIV. ABC News says that Johnson’s courage may cause people to look closely at a “national disaster” that is AIDS. Numerous experts and personalities are presented in soundbites relating their interpretations of what Johnson’s announcement means. Anthony Fauci is one of them.

The dominant form of transmission in the developing world is heterosexual sex. The story focuses on the European reporting of Magic Johnson’s announcement he has HIV.

This event has focused attention on the danger of AIDS and the need for more research. There are concerns among other organizations that promote research for funding cures for other diseases that AIDS research will absorb most of the money despite not being as lethal. Heart Disease and stroke and cancer research funding is not proportional to the death rates for these diseases. Important research projects are left undone because funding is sacrificed for those for funding for AIDS research.

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