Most people say that the USA is making progress in
fighting AIDS, but they don’t know there’s cure and strongly disagree that
62. ______. "the AIDS epidemic is
over, " a new survey finds: The findings, relieved Thursday by
the Kaiser Family Foun-
63. ______. dation, reassure activists who have worried that public
concern about AIDS might disappear in night to recent news about ad-
64. ______. vances in
treatment and declines in deaths. "While people are very
pessimistic about the advances,
65. ______. they’re still realistic about the fact that
there is no cure, " says Sophia Chang, director of HIV programs at the
founda- tion. The Kaiser Family Foundation did find in its
survey that 66.
______. the number of people ranked AIDS as the country’s top health
67. ______. problem has
fallen. In the poll, 38% says it’s the top concern, down from
68.
______. 44% in a 1996 poll. Other findings from Kaiser, which poll
69. ______. more than
1, 200 adults in September and October and asked additional question of
another 1, 000 adults in November
70. ______. show that 52% say that the country is
making progress against AIDS, up from 32 % in 1995. Daniel Zingale,
director of AIDS Action Council, says, " I’m encouraged that the
Amer- ican people are getting the message what the AIDS epidemic
71. ______. isn’t
over. I hope the decision-makers in Washington are get- ting the same
message. We have seen signs of complacency (满足)."