AIDS in Africa

[William Joyce]

Here's a link that sheds a little light on the problem, although not from the New York Times perspective. Americans should know, as their government propose to spend MILLIONS of their tax dollars on this "problem," what some of the details are.

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2004/08/arape_2_and_cal.php

 

[Shazbot]

Here's a link that sheds a little light on the problem, although not from the New York Times perspective. Americans should know, as their government propose to spend MILLIONS of their tax dollars on this "problem," what some of the details are.

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2004/08/arape_2_and_cal.php

Very interesting read. I'm sure, though, that it does not represent the actions and beliefs of the whole. However, it sure does make you think how that money is being used over there. Surely not a reason to give up! I wonder if it would be "PC" to only help out cultures not dominated by ideas expressed in the article (like sex with a kid gets rid of AIDS)?

-Douglas

 

[Bullypulpit]

Actually, in the long term, education is the only sure way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Sweet William really doesn't care anyways, since its the wogs who are dying after all, gotta keep that white gene pool pure...Isn't that right my little ambulatory dungheap?

 

[Big D]

It seems that every group of humans has received enuff education on aids due to the fact it has decreased, except for blacks. What Bully means is that blacks need much much more education

What explains the fact that in EVERY part of the world the overwelming amount of people with aids is always blacks?


Blacks also have from 3 to 19% more of the sex hormone testosterone than whites or Orientals. This translates into more explosive energy, which gives Blacks the edge in sports like boxing, basketball, football, and sprinting.

The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior. In educational achievement and occupational success, Orientals average slightly ahead of Whites, who average substantially ahead of Blacks. On standardized IQ tests, hundreds of studies show this three-way pattern. Most IQ tests have an average score of 100, with a "normal" range from 85 to 115. Whites average from 100 to 103. Orientals in Asia and the U.S. tend to have higher scores, about 106, even though IQ tests were made for the Euro-American culture. Blacks in the U.S., the Caribbean, Britain and Africa average lower IQs-about 85. The lowest average IQs are found for sub-Saharan Africans-from 70 to 75.
http://www.lrainc.com/swtaboo/stalkers/jpr_insight.html

 

[waltky]

Tryin' it out on Mikey first...

New HIV vaccine trial to start in South Africa
Nov 27,`16) -- A new vaccine against HIV, to be tested in a trial to be launched in South Africa Wednesday, could be "the final nail in the coffin" for the disease if it is successful, scientists say.

The study, called HVTN 702, aims to enroll 5,400 sexually active men and women aged between 18 and 35 at 15 sites across South Africa. It will be the largest and most advanced HIV vaccine clinical trial to take place in South Africa, where more than 1,000 people a day are infected with HIV. "If deployed alongside our current armory of proven HIV prevention tools, a safe and effective vaccine could be the final nail in the coffin for HIV," Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. government's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said in a statement released ahead of the trial. "Even a moderately effective vaccine would significantly decrease the burden of HIV disease over time in countries and populations with high rates of HIV infection, such as South Africa," he said.

The vaccine being tested in HVTN 702 is based on a 2009 trial in Thailand, that was found to be 31.2 percent effective at preventing HIV infection over the 3.5 years of follow-up after the vaccination. The new vaccine aims to provide greater and more sustained protection and has been adapted to the HIV subtype that predominates in southern Africa. "HIV has taken a devastating toll in South Africa, but now we begin a scientific exploration that could hold great promise for our country,"said Glenda Gray, chief executive officer of the South African Medical Research Council. "If an HIV vaccine were found to work in South Africa, it could dramatically alter the course of the pandemic."

Volunteers for the study, funded by NIAID, are being randomly assigned to receive either the vaccine regimen or a placebo. All participants will receive five injections over a year. Participants who become infected with HIV in the community will be referred to local medical providers for care and treatment and will be counselled on how to reduce their risk of transmitting the virus. South Africa has more than 6.8 million people living with HIV, but the country has had remarkable success in rolling out an HIV drug treatment program, which the government says is the largest in the world. Life expectancy, which sank as the epidemic grew, has rebounded from 57.1 years in 2009 to 62.9 years in 2014. Results of the vaccine study are expected in late 2020.

News from The Associated Press

 

[Maryland Patriot]

Here's a link that sheds a little light on the problem, although not from the New York Times perspective. Americans should know, as their government propose to spend MILLIONS of their tax dollars on this "problem," what some of the details are.

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2004/08/arape_2_and_cal.php

Very interesting read. I'm sure, though, that it does not represent the actions and beliefs of the whole. However, it sure does make you think how that money is being used over there. Surely not a reason to give up! I wonder if it would be "PC" to only help out cultures not dominated by ideas expressed in the article (like sex with a kid gets rid of AIDS)?

-Douglas

I thought that the idea that sex with a child cured aids was finally realized to be false over a decade ago, When AIDs was first identified, there was a great deal of ignorance and false information being passed around about it, Im wondering if these bits of information are outdated and only being listed for affect. but as far as restricting medication for anyone? Im not sure thats really a good idea on a global level of concern. Aids is one of those things that regardless of how one feels about foreign aid, there really is no choice but to suck it up and do whatever can be done to try and slow it down.