Deadline Day

So the blogging is not likely to be coming too fast or too furious. So here's something to think about.

Today is World AIDS Day. In 2004, Gwen Ifill asked a question in the Vice Presidential Debate about the rise of HIV infections in the African-American community, particularly among women. Both candidates looked at her like she just sprouted horns. They had no idea.

Two years later, almost no work has been done on this issue, and infection rates are not falling in the United States. And worldwide, it's an epidemic. 5,500 lives are lost to the disease every day in Africa.



I'm not much for the shirts (activism as fashion symbol), but Join Red is doing a good thing here by raising awareness. The AIDS virus is still decimating the world, and we already have the medical technology available to stop it. Talk to at least one person about this today. It's too important to remain silent.