LC> and small pox aren't as likely to wipe out myself or my family
 LC> and friends (AIDS has close the same effect tuberculousis used
 LC> to have)
 VF> Media hype.  More people are suffering from Hepititis B or C
 VF> than AIDS, but neither gets the coverage it should. Hep "B" is
 VF> 200 times more virulant than AIDS is. The number of
 VF> AIDS-attributable deaths in Canada last year was - to put it
 VF> bluntly - only a miniscule handful compared to the thousands
 VF> that died because of Cancer. Cancer is not preventable, AIDS
 VF> is. Yet which gets the headlines? And why?
You are right but surely a preventable disease should get the
coverage to encourage those at risk to _take_ preventive measures.
Cancer does not offer such easy solutions. I think Laurie is right
to equate AIDS with tuberculosis -- both result in the deaths of
people in what should be their prime. Sadly, tuberculosis seems to
be making a comeback in a form more difficult to treat.
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