World AIDS Day theme `` getting to zero '' is a goal that remains patently unachievable , Watney says . The young are disproportionately affected `` because they have no access to targeted HIV education '' HIV may no longer be an automatic death sentence , ` ` but it is still a life sentence , '' Watney says . In the United States, where about one in five people with HIV/AIDS live today, there has been little progress on reducing new infections among those who already know their status and how to prevent them from becoming infected
World AIDS Day theme `` getting to zero '' is a goal that remains patently unachievable , Watney says . The young are disproportionately affected `` because they have no access to targeted HIV education '' HIV may no longer be an automatic death sentence , `` but it is still a life sentence , '' Watney says . New alliances between different generations of gay men , and achievable local goals , are required .