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The New York Times - June 13, 1983
Dr. Jeffrey Kopland of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta told the panel, chaired by San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, that 1,552 cases of the disease, known as AIDS, had been reported so far, most of them among male homosexuals who had frequent sex with varying partners.
About 40 percent of all victims have died, Dr. Kopland said, but for people who contracted the disease two years ago the mortality rate is 75 percent.
The task force called on the Federal Government to finance "adequate" research and to allocate money for education, care and treatment of patients and training of health-care professionals.
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