FACTS:
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5,126,344 Americans with HCV
40%
Have no clue how they were infected
HCV
Riverside County Ca. 133 people test positive each Month
Ca-
African American women 222%
higher infection rate than Nation
NY
20% Higher rate than Nation
Boston-
HCV sores 300% in the last four years
HCV
DNA found on toothbrushes
Most
Americans with HCV Are Veterans.
Most
people do not think they need to be tested.
20,000
people will die IN 2003 because of HCV.
Most of them will be Veterans.
WHY
20,000 DEATHS?
4,900
transplantable donor livers available.
18,500 patients on waiting lists.
100,000
adults with severe cirrhosis.
Medicines
that do not work for most.
New
transmission methods discovered yearly because
NO
FUNDING.
PLEASE
HELP US CHANGE THIS!
If
you don't come to DC nothing is going to change.
Leave it up to the next guy, and we all suffer
YOU
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN OUR FUTURE JUNE 23, 2002
We
are the Hepatitis C's Movement for Awareness
Contact:
Tricia
HMAwareness@aol.com
Phone: 540 248 4994
http://hcvets.com/forum_public/hma/disc.htm
