U.N. says 39.5 million people have HIV

[TechBear_Seattle]

U.N. says 39.5 million people have HIV

GENEVA - The global HIV epidemic is growing, leaving an estimated 39.5 million people worldwide infected with the deadly virus, the United Nations said Tuesday.

AIDS has claimed 2.9 million lives this year and another 4.3 million people became infected with HIV, according to the U.N.'s AIDS epidemic update report, published on Tuesday. Spread of the disease was most noticeable in East Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since the first case was reported in 1981, making it one of the most destructive illnesses in history.

The article continues at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_he_me/global_aids

[Captain Hilts]

1. The rate in Wash, DC is 12 times the national average. nt

[applegrove]

2. How does the Catholic church get away with no condom programs?

How can they just sit and watch it grow?

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. It is better for people to die a horrible death in this life

... than to burn in Hell forever in the next. :sarcasm: