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  1. Gary Sandblom
    6 November 2014 @ 8:06 am

    Hi Phil–I enjoy reading your thoughtful comments in your newsletter. But I couldn’t help but notice your omission of Arthur Ashe, a very well-known tennis player, who died of AIDS after becoming infected as the result of a blood transfusion in a hospital. I am reminded of this fact every year while watching the US Open, which is played in Arthur Ashe stadium. The fact that Arthur Ashe, who was not an anonymous gay man and was a somebody, died in this fashion brought national attention to the failure of our health system to properly screen blood donations for HIV. Today, such screening is common place and has undoubtedly saved countless lives.

    So, maybe this proves your point. That it makes a difference if death from a poor man’s disease comes to the famous. GARY SANDBLOM

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