An AIDS question

Gwen Ifill (host): I will talk to you about health care, Mr. Vice President. You have two minutes. But in particular, I want to talk to you about AIDS, and not about AIDS in China or Africa, but AIDS right here in this country, where black women between the ages of 25 and 44 are 13 times more likely to die of the disease than their counterparts. What should the government's role be in helping to end the growth of this epidemic?"

From the transcript of the vice presidential debate.

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By Bonnie Marshall

Gwen Ifill's most important question went unanswered Tuesday night. The PBS journalist, who moderated the vice presidential debate, had the courage and forethought to raise perhaps the most significant question of the entire discussion for millions of black women, herself included. Ifill articulated in a few moments what many of us have been screaming for the past four years. More than 40 million Americans heard her question. (...)

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