I can understand what you mean as the night the Global Warming e-mails were dumped I was on line and in the heat of it as bloggers and scientists came together in the dead of night. I followed it all as they wanted confirmation...shared what was coming out...etc. I'll never forget it and didn't sleep at all that night.
That's why I am not opposed to bloggers etc. Although some can muddy the waters in a crisis most are very good at attracting people of brillant minds who can filter the false from the real. In a crisis they have little time to give the bogus stuff any mind so those fall off the speed the internet takes in getting the facts out as the information comes in. In no time the sites where the truth of the matter is and dilogue about rises to the top.
Though of course a pandemic is another story altogether as dealing with life matters and something which one can't necessarily see to fight.
You say the HIV virus has already infiltrated every nation and thus many who are carriers. I thought one could be tested for this? I know surgeons who require such a test before they will do surgery.
CAPE TOWN , Jan 27, 2012 (IPS) - If there was no HIV/AIDS, South Africa would have 4.4 million more people than today, the size of a major city. This significant slow-down in population growth is causing a slow down in economic growth and resulting in social ills, researchers warn.
New data by research organisation South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR) show that South Africa should theoretically count 55 million citizens this year. But it only has a population of 50.6 million.
By 2040, the country’s population would have been 77.5 million without AIDS – 24.1 million more people than is projected for that year.
“The decrease of population growth has a negative impact on South Africa, because the group most affected by HIV and AIDS is aged between 15 and 49 years, which is the most productive part of the population,” explains SAIRR researcher Thuthukani Ndebele of the date published on Jan. 23.
“If this age group continues to die early, we will see an acute social and economic impact throughout the country,” he warns. South Africa was quickly losing large chunks of its workforce and skills, which led to loss of productivity.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106572