AIDS DOWN, NOT UP AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
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News item: Washington Post, 2 Dec. 1997, p. A4:
"In a videotaped message . . . Clinton said the battle against AIDS has
shown some signs of success."  "`Still, HIV is affecting more and more
young people,' Clinton said."


Date sent:        Wed, 3 Dec 1997 17:18:13 -0500
From:             Michael Fumento <MFumento@compuserve.com>
Subject:          Bill Clinton and "the kids, the kids, the kids, and the kids."
To:               Blind.Copy.Receiver@compuserve.com


I've said it a dozen times, Bill Clinton could propose a bill handing out
thousand-dollar checks to octogenarians and justify it in the name of  "the
children, the children, and the children."


News item: Washington Post, 2 Dec. 1997, p. A4:


"In a videotaped message . . . Clinton said the battle against AIDS has
shown some signs of success."  "`Still, HIV is affecting more and more
young people,' Clinton said."


Really.  The latest 12-month's data from the CDC:


Pediatric AIDS cases dropped from 960 to 712.
Teen cases went up from 380 to 390.
Cases among those 20-24 fell from 2,282 to 2,096.


Ergo, for those up to the age of 24, AIDS cases fell from 3,622 to 3,138, a
decline of 13 percent.
These cases, by the way, comprised less than five percent of all AIDS cases
in the last 12 months.  Total cases in the last 12 months, in turn, were
down by 10 percent.


Coming next week: Clinton announces that progress is being made against
Alzheimer's disease, "Still, it's affecting more and more young people."


Mike Fumento