A certain weariness is entering the war on AIDS. Wrongly so

"HOW much does the world want to eliminate AIDS?" That was the question hanging over the 22nd meeting of the International AIDS Society (IAS), which opened in Amsterdam this week. "How much" is a phrase with two possible interpretations: emotional desire and financial willingness. The IAS meetings, which began in 1985 as workshops for scientists and clinicians, quickly attracted activists and celebrities. Bureaucracies followed. In 1996 UNAIDS, an agency dedicated to dealing with the illness, wa...