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Elderly and AIDS
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More than 10% of AIDS cases in the country occur in people over 50 years of age.
more than 10 % · people over 50 years of age
Wendy Schmelzer, NPR reporter
Many older women are part of a generation that never discuss sex or sexually transmitted diseases. And many older homosexuals never experienced "coming out". That means that they and their partners are often hit by AIDS unaware. But age confers no special protection against the disease. And NPR's Wendy Schmelzer reports that more than 10% of the cases of AIDS in this country occurs in people over 50 years of age.
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