...as I have said, I agree that the conspiracy theory of Berenson is not credible to me. But his underlying premise that the greatest threat is to our economy is a far more realistic possibility - and one that you yourself at one time bought into.
2) I truly, truly hope that you are right about finding a cure. It would be the best of all worlds. But I have spent a lot of years in this field, and I just don't see it coming that soon. I will pray for the best, but I simply do not believe that our plans should revolve around putting all of our eggs in the basket of a "magic bullet". Thus, the question of picking the lesser of the two evils becomes relevant - at least for planning purposes at this time which is why i am interested in your answer to question #1.