Posted on 01/25/2005 2:14:08 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
More than 20 years after the AIDS epidemic arrived in the United States, a significant proportion of African Americans embrace the theory that government scientists created the disease to control or wipe out their communities, according to a study released today by Rand Corp. and Oregon State University.
That belief markedly hurts efforts to prevent the spread of the disease among black Americans, the study's authors and activists said. African Americans represent 13 percent of the U.S. population, according to Census Bureau figures, yet they account for 50 percent of new HIV infections in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nearly half of the 500 African Americans surveyed said that HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is man-made. ........
More than one-quarter said they believed that AIDS was produced in a government laboratory, and 12 percent believed it was created and spread by the CIA.
A slight majority said they believe that a cure for AIDS is being withheld from the poor. Forty-four percent said people who take the new medicines for HIV are government guinea pigs, and 15 percent said AIDS is a form of genocide against black people.
..... 75 percent said they believe medical and public health agencies are working to stop the spread of AIDS in black communities. But the responses, which varied only slightly by age, gender, education and income level, alarmed the researchers.
....."The whole notion of conspiracy theories and misinformation . . . removes personal responsibility," Wilson said. "If there is this boogeyman, people say, 'Why should I use condoms? Why should I use clean needles?' And if I'm an organization, 'Why should I bother with educating my folks?' The syphilis study was real, but it happened 40 years ago, and holding on to it is killing us."
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they account for 50 percent
Gee, I wonder why
I am going to say what some might not. If you are Black and you believe this B.S., then you are contributing to the demise of your race by letting your defective gene pool continue to survive. In other words, you are an idiot and worse than a racist's racist Brother.
Let's see, "85% - 50% = 35%", that means there's hope that the GOP can increase its percentage of black votes by 35%.
Gee, it couldn't mean that blacks are more promiscuous, could it? Na, that would be too simple an answer...
Correct. It is simplistic.
"The whole notion of conspiracy theories and misinformation . . . removes personal responsibility," Says it all.
But then we should ask, why do so many in the black community believe the U.S. landing on the Moon was a hoax?
This is sad news...this stupid belief continues to exist.
There is a preventative cure. Don't do injectable recreational drugs and stick to monogamy. It won't give you a 100% guaranty but your chances are good you won't get it.
Good question.Do you have a theory?
Quite a genocidal weapon, AIDS is. It sickens and disables you and then takes 20 years, on the dole, to kill you. I think even the CIA (Clowns In Action)could have come up with something better than that.
I heard last week that 85 percent of blacks are born out of wedlock.
Not too promiscus a number there is it?
Not too responsible a number either is it?
If you wonder why the aids and other diesease rates are so high in the black community you need look no further then this.
Whoa.
BUMP
My thoughts too. Your wording is more precise.
Good realistic read and excellent action taken. I'm just an analyst.
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