A "Generalized And Severe Epidemic"

Fabulous.

Washington DC, now one of America's premier places to expose yourself to HIV/AIDS:

At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a "generalized and severe" epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released by health officials tomorrow.

"Our rates are higher than West Africa," said Shannon L. Hader, director of the District's HIV/AIDS Administration, who once led the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work in Zimbabwe. "They're on par with Uganda and some parts of Kenya."

Three percent. That's just the percentage they're willing to admit.

It's astounding how we are continually assured that HIV/AIDS is under control and not a worry, and yet every time we hear of it, it's much worse.

Now if AIDS only worked as fast as the black plague in Europe did, perhaps we could rid ourselves of all those dirtbag politicians before they ruin us all.