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We essum€ no resporsibility for odvorbeis' (loins. ON 0UH 00V[R: In Stop Mo8ozfro is a ngdered todenack. Entire {adeds in{Iuding edverris' Colt and Eagle Studios Model, Steve ltelso ino, ©1996 by ln Sfty Magazine, excapt whore spe{ifeolly noted othewise. All riqho reserved. Reproductron, eiher in whole or purr is pwhlbfed. If you have tested positive and llave not yet a€cessed health Care or have dropped out of health care because of insurance problems, relocation, employ- ment/financial isslles or because of other reasons... please contact United HIV Services. Ile[p and new treatment options are mow available. Call today for assistance or referrals. Leller§ ben.tit of \h. O®ubt had or bccn treated for syphilis or gon- product of sloppy reporting and writing \ orrhea in the past 12 months.)" is not (like Whitney Gould's famous ndj.ec: Dun Editor- highlighted. It's strange that the Journal tivcs). Le['s leave it at that rather than as "Local donor was dishonest, officials docs not find syphilis and gonorrhea in an attempt to promote an "agenda," say" was the headline splashed across the past 12 months?" is not highlighted. and give the Journal the bcncfit of the the top of last Wednesdays A4l!./ow4!w4cc- It's strange that the Journal does not doubt it didn't give to the blood donor, /o%rn¢/. The accompanying story went find syphilis and gonorrhea to be evi- who, in the opinion of the Blood on to say that the blood which tragical- dcnce of high risk sexual behavior. Center, might honestly have "misunder- ly infected a transfusion recipient with Did the /oz„7&¢/ ignore the syphilis stood" the instructions when filling out HIV was tainted because "the donors question because it intcndcd to high- the form. was dishonest on a survey designed to tight only question the donor answered identify HIV high risk behavior." incorrectly? That would make interest- Yours, AI Geiersbath But WISN-TV, on Wecheday's 10 ing the question "Have you taken pin news, had quite a different story. It money or drugs for sex since 1977?" If intervicwcd an official of the Blood answered incorrectly, that would indi- Center who said the donor "either mis- cate the donor is a prastitute and would understood ... Or lied." Now most of us open a real can of worms. A prastitutc would agrcc that "or lied" equals "was donating blood? Perhaps for money? dishonest," but few would equate Docs the Blood Ccntcr pay for blood, "either misunderstood" with lying. and, if so, would it expect anyone to tell Was the Journal truly given a differ- chc truth and lose income from the sale? cnt story by the Blood Center than A can of worms, indeed. We don't know WISN was given, or did the /o#r#4/ whether the person was a prostitute Simply insert its own opinion onto its who sold blood, but we also don't know front-page? I suppose we.ll never know, why the Journal didn't highlight having but one has to wonder whether the a sexually transmitted disease as high ]ournal took the opportunity to cditori- risk behavior. If the Blood Center does alize and promote a subtly bigoted buy blood, there seems to be a genuine "agenda.,, cause for concern, and an aspect to this You'll say chcre is no evidence of the tragic story that the.,Journal missed Journal trying to promote an "agenda" completely. bigotry. Well\just look at the survey Reporting on the story leaves dis- form the ]ourml reproduced purporting turbing questions unanswcred. One to illustrate the alleged dishoncsry of hc;pes that the misunderstanding or the donor. In presenting the form, the intentional fraud of the donor is no. Journal said "Center officials say the being used to divert attention from a man was dishonest when replying to serious problem, such as the purchase of questions about high risk' sexual behav- blood. Donors of purchased blood ior. Questions referring to such behav- could be held to a higher sta.ndard, or ior are highlighted." their blood could be used only for plas- The /o#r#4/ does indeed highlight ma, which can bc sterilized. The issue questions about "high risk" sexual should be investigated and resolved. behavior, but the question "Have you Perhaps the /o#r#4/ story is just the Ill STEP December 26,1996 -January 8,1997 4 NIew! AIDS Researcher Named Time's Magazine's Man of the Year New York, NY - AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho has central Wisconsin. "As a regional AIDS Service Organization, our responsi- been named Tlme magazine's 1996 Man of the Year for pio- neering a treatment that is "helping lift a death sentencc» for bility reaches far beyond Madison," said Mary Tumquist, tens of thousands of AIDS sufferers. Executive Director of AIDS Network. "In addition, wc have As chc scientific director of the Aaron Dianiond AIDS long provided more than siipport to pcoplc withAIDS. We'rc Research Center and a profissor at Rockefeller University, Ho about education, outreach, prevention, advocacy and new has pioneercd the use of a cocktail of drugs that could purge programs for living well wick HIV." the virus from the blood and body tissues of those recendy Much has changed during the agency's eleven year history. infected wick HIV. AIDS rapidly went from an unknown illness to, by 1996, the Time says Ho's mathematical models show that patients leading cause of death for Americans age 25-44. AIDS Network has responded and been shaped by the dynamic given protease inhibitors during the curliest stage of infection "might be virus-free wi`chin two or three years." nature of the epidemic and the ever increasing need for The magazine says chat just as some eras "are deflned by HIV/AIDS care and prevention in south central wisconsin. "Wc named it Madison AIDS Support Network when their epidemics ... when the history of this era is written, it is likely that the men and women who turned the tide on AIDS our focus was exclusively Madison," said Will Handy, co- will bc see as true heroes of the age." founder of AIDS Network. "It didn't`take long before the Time Mamging Editor Walter lsaacson says, "David Ho horizon broadcncd and we needed a name that takes into did not make the most headlines but he helped make histo- account more than Madison. AIDS Network is simple, clear and inclusive." ry.» In a written statement, Ho cautions that the advances For the first time since chc epidemic began scientists have made by his team and other researchers do not represent a a clcarcr understanding of mcchanisms by which HIV causes cure for AIDS, which has infected 30 million pcople since it disease. As a result, dramatic advances in drug therapies now emerged more than 15 years ago. offer HIV-infected individuals hope for long term survival Ho says: "Wc have seen HIV stagger, but this tough fo? and usher in a new era in caring for pcoplc infected with the has not been knocked down." Hc notes that many AIDS suf- virus. "New `Living Well' and Early Intervention programs at fcrcrs cannot afford the $20, 000-per-year cost of drugs, and AIDS Network. "These programs arm to reach people very Name Change Ushers in New Era in early in their infection and provide them with skills, informa- tion and services to support them in living well with HIV the Fight Against AIDS in South infection as well as to prevent transmission of the virus.» Central Wisconsin As the focus of AIDS cautiously shifts from a terminal disease to a manageable chronic condition, there are still sig- Madison - The Madison AIDS Support Network is nificant questions about the long term efficacy of drug treat- now AIDS Network; a name that better represents the mcnts.