I don't know if this is better or worse

The cause of my friend's HIV infection is almost certainly a blood transfusion. There is no other explanation. I know there are other ways of getting the virus, but he hasn't done any of them.

One piece of music I have heard twice since hearing the news is the 18th variation from Rachmaninof's "Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini". Not that a piece of classical music makes everything ok, but it has offered some calm in the storm.