How are things going at Vienna?
Oh, we had a few protestors yesterday — five out of 150 people or so. I don’t mind people disagreeing with me. I have two brothers and all we do is disagree. I’m used to argument, vigorous discussion. I think it is quite healthy. I do object to two things. One is disagreement not being fact based. The second is the HIV community has its own responsibility here. They need to be responsible, too. They have to come up with some positive ideas. How can we be more efficient? How can we integrate our programs with other ones so that everyone benefits? Activists did not come to their positions of power just by whining. They did because they were creative. Ezra Klein interview with Ezekiel Emanuel, August 14, 2009 Before Ezekiel Emanuel joined his brother Rahm in the White House, he was director of the National Institute of Health’s clinical bioethics programs and an oncologist specializing in breast cancer. Since he began advising President Obama’s budget chief, Peter Orszag, on health care,
