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- LETTERS, Page 6AIDS Research
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- Your article on AIDS notes that "new drugs are giving hope but
- also raising difficult questions" about treatment (MEDICINE, June
- 19). You used a photo of me captioned, "Callen has fought the
- disease for seven years," followed by an implicit but and the
- sentence, "The bill for medical care will be staggering." Do you
- question whether my life is worthy of the meager federal AIDS
- research efforts? As someone who each day faces the very real
- possibility of early death, "merely postponing (it) by a few
- years," as you so glibly say, is precious beyond measure. I am also
- offended by your reference to irresponsible sexual activity by AIDS
- victims. In my work as an AIDS activist, I have met hundreds,
- perhaps thousands, of people with AIDS, and I am convinced the vast
- majority have sex safely and responsibly.
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- Michael Callen
- New York City