It's World AIDS Day

Here's a message from my pal, Bono...



And here are the stats:

U.S.
It is thought that more than one million people are living with HIV in the USA and that more than half a million have died after developing AIDS.

Sub-Saharan Africa:
An estimated 24.5 million adults and children
were living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2005.

During that year, an estimated 2 million people died from AIDS. The epidemic has left behind some 12 million orphaned African children.

Every day in Africa:

• HIV/AIDS kills 6,600 people

• 8,800 people are infected with the HIV virus

• 1,400 newborn babies are infected during childbirth or by their mothers' milk.

And here are some links to check out today:
http://www.worldaidsday.org
http://www.joinred.com/
http://www.one.org/
http://www.data.org/

Each site has a section on what you can do to help. I'm a member of the ONE campaign, so I just made a donation to ONE.org and will be purchasing a (RED) T-shirt from the Gap to show my support. There are simple ways to make an impact on a not-so-simple problem. Just something to keep in mind today...

P.S. Today is also my 3 month anniversary as a non-smoker. ...so, I've got that going for me. Which is nice.