1. Tom Coburn maintains that past AIDS public health policies have failed and must be changed. Mark S. Senak argues that past public health policies regarding AIDS might have to be changed given the success of new drug therapies, but he goes on to criticize proposals of Tom Coburn and others. After reading the two viewpoints, what do you believe are the fundamental sources of disagreement between the two about how to control the AIDS epidemic? Do you think there are elements of a new AIDS policy that both Senak and Coburn could agree upon? Explain.

2. Robert E. Stein argues that in response to AIDS, the ultimate bottom line, should be saving lives. However, W. Bradford Wilcox argues that needle exchange programs (NEPs) are unacceptable “even if NEPs do save thousands of lives in the short term.” Is this statement evidence of fundamental philosophical differences...