Among non-drug-using, born again virgins in the West, it has always been VASTLY overblown too. :-)
Posted on 11/30/2008 11:59:08 AM PST by thetru
LONDON – LONDON – As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.
They argue that the world has entered a post-AIDS era in which the disease's spread has largely been curbed in much of the world, Africa excepted.
"AIDS is a terrible humanitarian tragedy, but it's just one of many terrible humanitarian tragedies," said Jeremy Shiffman, who studies health spending at Syracuse University.
Roger England of Health Systems Workshop, a think tank based in the Caribbean island of Grenada, goes further. He argues that UNAIDS, the U.N. agency leading the fight against the disease, has outlived its purpose and should be disbanded.
"The global HIV industry is too big and out of control. (We have created a monster) with too many vested interests and reputations at stake, ... too many relatively well paid HIV staff in affected countries, and too many rock stars with AIDS support as a fashion accessory," he wrote in the British Medical Journal in May.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
The AIDS threat was overblown for reasons of political correctness.
“By 2006, AIDS funding accounted for 80 percent of all American aid for health and population issues, according to the Global Health Council.
In Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and elsewhere, donations for HIV projects routinely outstrip the entire national health budgets.
In a 2006 report, Rwandan officials noted a “gross misallocation of resources” in health: $47 million went to HIV, $18 million went to malaria, the country’s biggest killer, and $1 million went to childhood illnesses.”
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Incredible. Yeah, I would call that “overblown” to the nth.
Among non-drug-using heterosexuals in the West, it has always been VASTLY overblown.
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Among non-drug-using, born again virgins in the West, it has always been VASTLY overblown too. :-)
Transmission Category Estimated # of AIDS Cases, in 2006
Male-to-male sexual contact 16,001
Injection drug use 4,410
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 1,803
High-risk heterosexual contact* 4,558
Other** 217
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm#aidsrace
Interestingly enough I looked this up after hearing the CA marriage initiative was passed.
So the question is, why do Democrats support gay marriage if the leading cause of AIDS comes from men having sex with men? Moreover, how can these men be considered good parents if their behavior leads to a long and painful death?
Just like everything the liberals touch, if reality isn’t on your side, change the definition and scream “CRISIS”!
I gather one of the particular reasons that HIV is so widespread in Africa is because STDs are generally so common that it is typical for many men to have open sores on their genitalia, which can almost double HIV numbers, because unlike everywhere else, females can easily spread the disease to males.
Conversely, in China, there is a strong possibility that HIV infections are ignored among females, as part of the general disdain for females as a whole. This preference for males, especially for male children, has resulted in great imbalance in their male-female demographic balance, as couples are often eager to abort female children, in large part due to the 1-child per family rule.
The objectivity of this article blew up with that one word.
Gee, ANOTHER “global crisis” that turns out to be vastly overblown. Not like we’ve seen THAT before. . . .
I remember reading in an article a year ago (WSJ, I think) that health workers don’t even perform an HIV antibody test in Africa — too costly and too time consuming. A diagnosis of HIV infection is made by checking off a list of symptoms: if the patient has more than a certain number, then he or she will be defined as having HIV.
Turns out many of these symptoms are common to malaria, tuberculosis, and other diseases in these areas.
MEDICAL FACILITIES AND HEALTH INFORMATION: Basic modern medical care and medicines are available in the principal cities of the UAE, but not necessarily in outlying areas. The United Arab Emirates has imposed HIV/AIDS travel restrictions on persons applying for a work or residence visa. An HIV/AIDS test is required for work or residence permits; testing must be performed after arrival. A U.S. HIV/AIDS test is not accepted. Please inquire directly with the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates at http://uae-embassy.org before you travel
Just think Michael Fumento wrote “The Myth of Heterosexual Aids” back in 1989. Billions of dollars have been wasted since then. We could have wiped out malaria or other far more dangerous diseases.
Pray tell what is High-risk heterosexual contact?
I would have almost ZERO inclination to spend ANY money fighting Aids,,,
and thanks neverdem:
Many drug trials never see publication
- Results of most drug trials are unreported, inaccessible...
Science News | November 24th, 2008 | Rachel Ehrenberg
Posted on 11/30/2008 12:46:34 AM PST by neverdem
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