The Nation - News from Jan. 20, 1987
Nearly 100 million people worldwide could die from AIDS by the end of the century if a cure or vaccine is not found, U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop said in a speech before 6,000 students at the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Koop also said he resented criticism from fellow conservatives and evangelicals of his call for sex education to prevent the spread of AIDS.
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