PrintNovember 1, 2007
Come on Cosby: It's Time to Come Clean about AIDS
As a longstanding fan of Bill Cosby, it pains me to criticize a man whose comedy and politics have been overwhelmingly constructive. But in the matter of AIDS, he needs to be a bit more forthcoming. A report published Monday by University of Arizona evolutionary biologist Michael Worobey has traced the path of AIDS from its origins in the Congo to the United States via Haiti as early as 1969. It depicts an HIV epidemic ignited by Haitians returning home from Africa and spreading undetected for over 10 years within their country before expanding to America and, ultimately, throughout the world.Measured together with comments made in his new book, this scientific revelation clearly signifies that the time for widely venerated actor, comedian, sage and activist Bill Cosby to come clean over his previous rancorous accusations as to the disease's origin is long overdue.And here's why.In Chapter 6 of the otherwise laudable Come On, People, Cosby appropriately sounds the alarm that...(Read Full Article)
