The main thing is we don't want the public to really panic about this. It's a new disease. At this point, there hasn't been an immediate threat.

The pandemic of AIDS is a gender-based disease.

When you look at the vaccines available for a particular disease, it's tempting to view them as equal, but there may be vast differences in what they actually do or are designed to do.

Nearly half of new infections are in the black community. The churches can say this is a gay disease but the numbers tell a different story. We have straight black women being infected by bisexual men.

It's everyone's disease. Why is there such a stigma attached? It's no different than living with diabetes or cancer.

It's interesting to see this very complex plant disease as a potential source of medicine for a very difficult human disease.