"Official estimates still put the number of antibody-positive people who would develop AIDS at between 5 and 10 percent, although it was still not possible to predict which group that might be. Because the test had little predictive value, therefore, the newest axiom of AIDSpeak became 'The test doesn't mean anything.'"

-- excerpt from "And The Band Played On", The Butcher's Bill, January 10th, 1985

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