Phill Wilson addresses ongoing AIDS crisis
“When you see a 15 percent yearly increase, that is an epidemic that is out of control. And yet we don’t see a response that recognizes it is an epidemic out of control.”
— Phill Wilson, longtime activist and head of the Black AIDS Institute of Los Angeles, commenting on new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing a 12 percent annual increase in HIV infections among young gay men, with the steepest rise being in black males ages 13 to 24. (Washington Post)
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