If the media are behaving properly, they are skeptical of each and every one of you in this room, every single day, and demand the truth of you. The response in the media world has been minimal. It was a non-issue. When high-profile figures are not pressed to speak out, the issue remains on the media's back burner. So it is time to do more proactive reporting and do it better.
Diseases kill people.
Pandemics kill families, communities and countries and the hopes for development of whole continents. For years, the AIDS world spoke almost entirely about the challenge of AIDS as a disease that had to be prevented and treated. Billions of dollars have been raised for medical research with hopes that a cure can be found and a vaccine invented. That may take years. Also, important co-factors like poverty, inadequate education and human rights abuses of women and children were largely ignored.