Jackson Says It Is Time to Stop AIDS ‘Scare Tactics’ : Stop AIDS ‘Hype,’ Care for for Victims, Jackson Says

Jesse Jackson, opening his final campaign before Super Tuesday’s caucuses and primaries, today visited AIDS victims and said it is time “for the scare tactics to stop.”

Visiting a home for AIDS victims in Dallas, Jackson met with several of those afflicted by the deadly disease separately in their rooms and said to one of them, “I want to thank you for giving us the chance to share--to show we care. . . . By allowing the national media to come, you are giving the American people an insight into the problem.”

In a small room, Jackson sat on a couch with Kevin Waller, 25, who said he believes he caught the disease while working with a mortician in a West Texas city.

After outlining some of the physical problems to Jackson, Waller came near to crying when he told the presidential candidate, “I miss my family--lots of peoples’ families have just turned their backs.”

Jackson, putting his arm around Waller’s shoulders, assured him: “I have a commitment because I care. We need less hype and more education.”

At the same time, Jackson again stressed the need for an all-out war on drugs. One of the ways to catch AIDS is through intravenous injection of drugs.