French scientists warned that the Pasteur Institute was not a temple where an instant AIDS cure could be found, and some resented the U.S. government for placing such a low priority on AIDS treatments that Americans were embarking on the overseas hegira for HPA-23. “The United States is not a Third World country,” said Dr. Philippe Sansonetti of the Pasteur. “I don’t like the idea of being, sort of, Lourdes.”
