Well, i'm not sure where you've been hiding if this is the case, but here are some interesting facts that may hit closer to home...

The first case of AIDS in Canada was reported in 1982.

Up to June 30, 1998, 15,935 AIDS cases have been reported to the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at Health Canada.

The total number of AIDS cases in Canada since the epidemic began is estimated at 20,000.

Although the number of AIDS cases in Canada is dropping, the number of reported HIV infections is again on the rise. To date, an estimated 54,000 Canadians have become infected with HIV. Every day, about a dozen more become infected.

From 1982 to 1990, the median age for testing positive dropped from 32 to 23. All statistics from Health Canada, Bureau of HIV-AIDS http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/aids.htm

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