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More people were worried about getting H1N1, or swine flu, last year than they did HIV/AIDS. And that?s a good thing ? sort of.
It?s good because the virus is no longer a mystery. It?s bad because the rate of new infections has remained somewhat constant, said Dennis Torres, director of healthcare programs for Family Centers in Stamford. Yet both points are worth considering because Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of when the Centers for Disease Control first acknowledged the virus in the U.S., he said.
?It doesn?t have the urgency it did 30 years ago,? Torres said. ?We were in crisis mode then. People were dying left and right. No one knew how to stop it.
In fact, in 1981, it wasn?t even called AIDS. It was called GRID, or gay-related immune deficiency. In time, people learned HIV/AIDS could infect anyone if proper precautions weren?t taken.
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It?s good because the virus is no longer a mystery. It?s bad because the rate of new infections has remained somewhat constant, said Dennis Torres, director of healthcare programs for Family Centers in Stamford. Yet both points are worth considering because Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of when the Centers for Disease Control first acknowledged the virus in the U.S., he said.
?It doesn?t have the urgency it did 30 years ago,? Torres said. ?We were in crisis mode then. People were dying left and right. No one knew how to stop it.
In fact, in 1981, it wasn?t even called AIDS. It was called GRID, or gay-related immune deficiency. In time, people learned HIV/AIDS could infect anyone if proper precautions weren?t taken.
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