Global AIDS crisis overblown?

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Today is World AIDS Day: The question is, do dollars spent on AIDS care leave people vulnerable to deadlier, swifter moving diseases? A provocative new article says yes. According to the British Medical Journal:

"The global HIV industry is too big and out of control. We have created a monster with too many vested interests and reputations at stake, ... too many relatively well paid HIV staff in affected countries, and too many rock stars with AIDS support as a fashion accessory."