Dance With The Devil

"Too risky you say"? Repeated Jerome, his voice moving up a couple of notches, wiping the perspiration from his pallid face.



"You needed a real live volunteer and regardless of your opinion, I damn well qualify for the experiment. I want to do this not just for you or for me, but for the countless and faceless across this planet, regardless of creed, color or national origin." The worry line became more pronounced on Simon's face.



"I just can't." He said nodding his head. Jerome coughed took a deep breath.

"Suppose I was some homeless one of your disposable minorities which isn't hard to find what would you do"? One way or another you know that volunteers aren't hard to come by." He paused, and then dropped the other shoe moving closer to his colleagues "Remember the Syphilis experiment that happened between 1931 thru 1971? If someone didn't blow the whistle, who knows what we'd be doing today. And remember also the dumping of Ethiopian Jews in Israel saying it was tainted with AIDS. Medical experiments has been going on for centuries partner, we all know that".



Miko was silent, simply looking from one to the other not denying the truths of the moment. Knowing that this pandemic called AIDS could just as easily take them out, just as easily as the reader.







W.G. Hale, Author is Managing Editor of a South Florida newspaper. He has spent more than 15 years tracking and researching the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS virus globally. He has penned numerous articles on the subject, enlightening the public on the serious of the pandemic. He lives in Miami Florida with his family.