Clinton and AIDS

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Clinton and AIDS

New Republic (12/26/94) No. 4,171, P. 7

From the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, politics have obstructed sane public health, write the editors of the New Republic. The conservatives' discomfort with sex halted a response and the liberals' oversensitivity to minorities and civil liberties stalled some measures. President Clinton has only partially broken the pattern. He has marked AIDS spending in research, treatment, and prevention a priority in both budgets. For fear of political incorrectness, however, President Clinton has not highlighted the black or minority crisis, or the rise in infections among young gay men. In contrast to the president and both parties, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last year put out a series of condom ads and gave control of prevention funds to local councils, who have a better sense of what works on the streets. These efforts still do not reach the minority youths and drug users at risk. The editors of the New Republic believe the government should promote more explicit education on sexually transmitted diseases that facilitate HIV transmission and on the dangers of drug use, as well as push for more effective clean needle distribution.

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