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LETTERS, Page 6AIDS Research
Your article on AIDS notes that "new drugs are giving hope but
also raising difficult questions" about treatment (MEDICINE, June
19). You used a photo of me captioned, "Callen has fought the
disease for seven years," followed by an implicit but and the
sentence, "The bill for medical care will be staggering." Do you
question whether my life is worthy of the meager federal AIDS
research efforts? As someone who each day faces the very real
possibility of early death, "merely postponing (it) by a few
years," as you so glibly say, is precious beyond measure. I am also
offended by your reference to irresponsible sexual activity by AIDS
victims. In my work as an AIDS activist, I have met hundreds,
perhaps thousands, of people with AIDS, and I am convinced the vast
majority have sex safely and responsibly.
Michael Callen
New York City