MEDICAL UPDATE: The CDC Redefinition of AIDS

MEDICAL UPDATE: The CDC Redefinition of AIDS

Being Alive; April 1992
presented by Mark Katz MD and reported by Jim Stoecker

As we have reported in the past, the Center for Disease Control has formulated a new definition of AIDS that includes anyone whose CD4 count drops below 200. This redefinition was originally slated to go into effect on January 1. The date was then pushed back to April 1. Now, the CDC is telling us that the effective date will be July 1 at the earliest.

It may very well be that the CDC redefinition of AIDS will not happen at all. There has been a good deal of public opposition in the US. People are concerned about the psychological effects of diagnosing people who have no symptoms. And the Europeans have flatly refused to adopt the CDC redefinition. If the CDC ever does officially adopt this new definition, AIDS would be defined one way in Europe and another way in North America.
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