AIDS world day is a wonderful way for many people to get together and remember loved ones. It is a beautiful act of love, which is the only thing that comes for free. You are right to feel grief over those you have lost. We all feel a particular attachment to causes that have affected us personally. As a concluding remark, I would like to point out that you may want to review your statistics about the spread of AIDS, because you may find that the situation is worse than what you think.
Unadulterated statistics are readily available from numerous reliable sources.
There is also lots of exaggerated nonsense available from those who are promoting the cause. In that regard, his statement is hardly profound.