HIV and AIDS: The U.S. vs. Germany

Hey Tom, 

Did you ask why we keep ignoring the fact that NO ONE has been cured, yet as you discovery more and more people are dying from AIDS DRUGS...?

"Doctors say they're also seeing other AIDS-related illnesses, like lymphoma and heart disease, become bigger problems in patients they're treating."

WTOP's Thomas Warren recently traveled to Germany for a fellowship with the RIAS Berlin Kommission. While there, he conducted research on the history of HIV in Germany, including the governmental policies aimed at handling the disease and how the virus is treated medically. As we continue our series, he takes a look at the German system and how it compares to the U.S.

Thomas Warren, wtop.com

WASHINGTON - Washington, D.C. and New York City both are recognized as having an extremely high prevalence of HIV infections in the U.S. Out of their combined populations of just under 9 million people, 123,000 are living with the virus, according to health department statistics from both cities.

By comparison, that's 56,000 more than in the entire country of Germany, which has a population of nearly 82 million people.