Editor,
According to the latest information I have been able to read relative to HIV/AIDS in Riley County, out of 105 counties in Kansas, Riley County has the eighth-highest number of HIV/AIDS cases.
Geary County, which is literally next door, has the seventh-highest number of HIV/AIDS cases. The difference between the counties is just one person.
Because of this, the chance of a very serious outbreak of HIV/AIDS in both Manhattan and Junction City is potentially very high.
All attempts to fight HIV/AIDS anywhere are noble efforts, yet we need to understand the true scope of the disease in this country.
When half of the people who need HIV treatment are not getting it, the chances of a drastic increase in the numbers of individuals becoming infected with HIV/AIDS is almost certain.
Certainly 28.7 percent of our population is not infected, but the reality is the number of people with HIV can not be accurately determined because it can take more than 10 years for HIV to turn up in one's system.
Because of this alone, any nation on the planet, including the United States, could be facing the same saga some are fighting in Africa.
Isaac Madison
Executive director
Regional AIDS project
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