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