Western countries had in many ways started to view AIDS as a controllable illness because expensive drugs were available and people heard less and less about deaths from AIDS in the U.S. and Europe.

• 因为已经有了昂贵的艾滋病药品，而且在美国和欧洲，人们也越来越少听到因艾滋病而死亡的事情，所以西方国家已经在很大程度上把艾滋病视为一种可控制的疾病。