[Woodstock]

It is clear that when this virus is prevalent in the heterosexual communities, a nation's economy and social structure are most at risk. Something most interesting about the AIDS virus is that it mostly kills people of child bearing ages, or younger -- eventually having a huge impact on a country's population. The impact that AIDS can have on a national average life expectancy is noted in this article, "The average life expectancy has just fallen below 40 years for the first time since 1950." AIDS is a working form of population control. What affect this virus will ultimately play in world's population growth is yet to be seen.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[Nebullis]

My sense from reading recent literature is that HIV is increasingly resistant to existing drugs and trials for newer drugs are being met with difficulties.

Complaints about lifestyle choices etc. will be moot when the next devastating virus is airborne.

[Voyager2]

I find it atrocious that anyone could possibly suggest, let alone blame a drug company for the explosive increase in the number of those who test HIV positive, or die from aids.
For all those who see conspiracy behind every person who dies from aids, I'd suggest the world should bankrupt those companies by not supporting the widely known individual behavior which primarily accounts for the majority of those afflicted. And, to immediately start testing on a regular and scheduled basis, everyone for HIV and isolate those infected from the mainstream society. Much like was done with leprosy and other highly contagious diseases. In other
words, either get serious about containing this disease, or stop whining! And it has already been proven by the UN prevention programs, that their approach in not only inept, but criminal in their agenda to provide civil rights for this disease!
If anyone is serious about containing this disease, not only must everyone be tested, and those HIV+ isolated, but
anyone found providing HIV+ blood needs to be severely dealt with. All those found participating in known behavior which facilitates the spread of this disease should also be severely dealt with. Countries are totally ineffective in their efforts, should be quarantined by the world, and no country should allow either immigration from these countries, or provide travel visas. And while many may suggest these measures as extreme, well, they are. But when the UN suggest some 60 million people will die from aids in Africa, in addition to the 20 million already who've perished, if anyone really was concerned about saving human life, they'd do whatever is necessary to stop this disease!
Just like we did with polio, and other diseases that threaten society's existence.
Not make excuses about miscalculations, civil rights, or any other such nonsensical musings. Be aware, the latest figures projecting how many will die (60 million) came from the same U.N. scientific body that two years ago announced to the world the epidemic has been stemmed. This is the direct result of bad science, poor addition skills, and a political agenda which does not confront the eradication of aids. To continue to pursue such a fool hardy policy, throwing more money down an insatiable void, would only make those governments as irresponsible as the U.N. And just as criminal in their negligence!

[PoisedWoman]

older men sleep with girls because they think they are less likely to be infected.

Well, that's a nice way of putting it. They forgot to mention that many of those "girls" are under six years old and they were raped, sometimes gang raped.