Carole, could you please post this, or if not, provide the highlights? I think if everyone saw the disparity there would be NO disagreement. And this disparity is about to get much worse. (I didn't start this, Bubba did . Tell him to be quiet, who ever said that. For the life of me, I cannot understand why this topic is a controversial one here, of all places. Isn't this baffling to anyone else? I thought some things had come off the politically incorrect list. No?) -----Original Message----- From: Cassidy, Carole <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 1:10 PM Subject: Re: AIDS and PD >You've touched on the arguments that make it so very hard from time to time >for all of us to lobby for increased PD funding. NO ONE wants to see >another human being die, no matter from what cause, no matter what we assume >might or might not have been done to avoid that cause. We have to keep >reminding ourselves to be positive in putting forward our PD agenda--that's >why, to me at least, PAN's chart of research dollars spent PER PATIENT is so >powerful. It allows us to show that we're not trying to take funding away >from anyone, just achieve parity. > >Carole