HIV virus a biological agent says Nobel (peace prize)winner (Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai)

Gulf Daily News ^ | Oct. 10, 2004 | Gulf Daily News

[FairOpinion]

And she got the Nobel peace prize?!

Well, at least they didn't give it to ElBaradei...

[xrp]

Isn't HIV/AIDS virtually 100% preventable?

Hide your wallets everyone!

[briant]

Apparently even the Nobel committee couldn't deny Americans and--heaven forbid--an Israeli most of the science Nobel prizes. They have been in the habit of making a mockery of the others.

[Henchman]

WOW! Kerry, a "Brahman Honkey" is highly suspect. He is tracherous (some times spelled traitorous) and may have carried the disease inside his body to infect Africa...oh MONKEY not HONKEY ... oops, Guess this beats me too.

[Death and Taxes]

If Carter can get the Nobel Peace Prize ...I guess anyone can.

[Jorge]

"In fact it (the HIV virus) is created by a scientist for biological warfare," she added.

I think the monkey theory is more believable.

[DennisR]

"said Maathai, also Kenyan deputy environment and natural resources minister, who has gained a reputation as a fearless speaker."

"Fearless" was not the word I had in mind...

[beckett]

More evidence that there is no end to the stupdity in the world.

[Old Professer]

"Us black people are dying more than any other people in this planet,"

Never underestimate the power of the written word.

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

It's interesting that she didn't name a country -

[nonkultur]

Well Carter did let the peaceful Saddam Hussein rise to power.
That deserves the Nobel Peace prize.

[NYC GOP Chick]

"HIV Virus" is redundant.

[GSlob]

Based on what is known on HIV structure - designing such a thing de novo starting from the intended function is something the humans might be able to do in the future, but are not capable of doing now. Most certainly it was not within human knowledge in 1960s-70s.

[F.J. Mitchell]

On the other hand, aids is rare or non-existant among those who do not consider the anus a sex organ.

[Militiaman7]

Are we going to have to pay reparations now?

[LibWhacker]

Oh, yeah, let's top off our Nobel Peace Prize with a nice big juicy blood libel! Create as much hate a possible.

The Nobel committee has lost its mind.

[clee1]

While farfetched, I cannot discount the possibility.

However, if I were to engineer a virus, I certainly would not create one that was so easy to prevent.

Don't share your heroin needles, don't be a rump ranger, don't sleep with anyone you can get to hold still long enough. Sounds pretty simple to me.

BREAKING NEWS: There is a cure for AIDS - trinoassitol.

[jordan8]

Bad headline.

agent: 2a : something that produces or is capable of producing an effect : an active or efficient cause b : a chemically, physically, or biologically active principle

Of course it's an agent, what the headline writer meant to say was weapon.

[Jet Jaguar]

Thank you, I saw that as well.