silence . . . death

Will any of the major networks mention Reagan's six-year silence on AIDS (while over 41,000 Americans were dying?)

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1981: 422 US AIDS cases; 159 dead
(US President Ronald Reagan has not mentioned the word "AIDS" in public)

1982: 1,614 US AIDS cases; 619 dead
(US President Ronald Reagan has not mentioned the word "AIDS" in public)

1983: 4,749 US AIDS cases; 2,122 dead
(US President Ronald Reagan has not mentioned the word "AIDS" in public)

1984: 11,055 US AIDS cases; 5,620 dead
(US President Ronald Reagan has not mentioned the word "AIDS" in public)

1985: 22,996 US AIDS cases; 12,592 dead
(US President Ronald Reagan has not mentioned the word "AIDS" in public)

1986: 42,255 US AIDS cases; 24,669 dead
(US President Ronald Reagan has not mentioned the word "AIDS" in public)

1987: 71,176 US AIDS cases; 41,027 dead
After a six year silence, US President Ronald Reagan uses the word "AIDS" in public for the first time.

1988: 106,994 US AIDS cases; 62,101 dead

1989: 149,902 US AIDS cases; 89,817 dead

1990: 198,466 US AIDS cases; 121,255 dead

Strong presidential leadership during the early years of the epidemic would have saved thousands of American lives.

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The Reagan/Bush legacy:

According to the CDC, as of 2007, the total number of people living with HIV infection in the U.S. is estimated to be around 1.1 million. Since the beginning of the epidemic, an estimated 597,499 Americans with AIDS have died.

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