The average life expectancy of somebody diagnosed as HIV-positive back then was 18 months.
Now it is 22 years.
The infection in all Western communities has been reduced by 90% of what it was.
However, that being said, there are remaining areas of great concern.
India is catching up to the southern African epidemic rates, and Eastern Europe and the former USSR are troublesome.
As far as gay men are concerned, the incidence has been reduced in Australia, stabilized in other Western/industrialized nations, but it has increased in the USA.
What is wrong with the North Americans?
People are still trying to find out, but here is one clip:
edit on 7-9-2011 by halfoldman because: (no reason given)

