At Least Larry Kramer Can't Say They Ignored It This Time
Remember the new superstrain of AIDS that promised to make 2005 seem like 1985 for New York's gays? The one that was all over the press for a few days, and that prompted an hysterical New York magazine cover (on what was actually a skeptical article)? Yeah? Well, turns out it, um, sort of didn't exist. Here's the Post on this big whoops:
The city's top AIDS official said yesterday the recently discovered virulent HIV strain — dubbed a "superstrain" by some — appears to be an isolated case and may not have been the new virus form that was initially feared.
It's almost as though government officials are trying to scare us all for no reason. But they would never do that.
