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One last thought about this article...

Why the whining about AIDS research funding? Don't get me wrong - I know it is a horrible disease to die from and I'm not approving of a gay plague.

I'm disturbed because of the distorted notions AIDS activists push, the utter disregard for the facts of the disease and the unreasonable directions taken in public health and safety. To my understanding, AIDS is the most heavily funded disease research in the world. AIDS is also 100% entirely avoidable solely by lifestyle choice (exceptions: transfusions and births from infected people).

So, why should the US government fork out more dough to spend on a disease that is ENORMOUSLY funded already and only affects those that make behavioral choices that act as vectors and encourage it's transmission?

I'm not entirely clear on this, but I'll give it a try. I believe the $15B for Africa is for already-developed drug treatments, not for new research.

It is desperately needed. No matter what one might say about how people's lifestyles are responsible for this (and to some degree I agree with that), nothing can make me believe that infants and children deserve it.