Most people say that the USA is making progress in fighting
AIDS, but they don't know there's cure and strongly disagree that 62. ______.
"the AIDS epidemic is over, " a new survey finds:
The findings, relieved Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foun- 63. ______.
dation, reassure activists who have worried that public concern
about AIDS might disappear in night to recent news about ad- 64. ______.
vances in treatment and declines in deaths.
"While people are very pessimistic about the advances, 65. ______.
they're still realistic about the fact that there is no cure, "
says Sophia Chang, director of HIV programs at the founda-
tion.
The Kaiser Family Foundation did find in its survey that 66. ______.
the number of people ranked AIDS as the country's top health 67. ______.
problem has fallen.
In the poll, 38% says it's the top concern, down from 68. ______.
44% in a 1996 poll. Other findings from Kaiser, which poll 69. ______.
more than 1, 200 adults in September and October and asked
additional question of another 1, 000 adults in November 70. ______.
show that 52% say that the country is making progress
against AIDS, up from 32 % in 1995. Daniel Zingale, director
of AIDS Action Council, says, " I'm encouraged that the Amer-
ican people are getting the message what the AIDS epidemic 71. ______.
isn't over. I hope the decision-makers in Washington are get-
ting the same message. We have seen signs of complacency (满足)."