(an epidemic that is worldwide)
Children shall have to deal with the consequences of (among other facets) Reagan's dismissal of the entire topic, as it gained momentum locally + all the $$ and other intertwined reasons for this plague having become that pandemic.
(IIRC.. the earliest vector traced - was an airline steward. Don't recall his point of origin - do recall that this info wasn't available nearly as early as hindsight would have hoped. But early enough that RR Could.. have made a large difference. He thought it 'only affected them queers, so..')
Best they have the HIV letters in their vocabulary early. It won't be going away soon. Just like greed. Let's have Greed Puppet real soon too - it may be the larger plague (?)
Ashton