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 Bad News About Global AIDS RatePosted on Jul 23, 2007Even though the sense of urgency about HIV/AIDS appears to have dropped off in mainstream media and culture in recent years, the latest news about infection rates is far from favorable. President Bush’s adviser on HIV/AIDS, Dr. Anthony Fauci, for one, reports that we’re “losing ... the numbers game” with respect to new infections around the globe.
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By Scott, July 24, 2007 at 10:52 am Link to this comment
It seems inevitable that something was bound to come along that would reduce our population. Given that the greatest complicating factors in any human situation are sex, religion, morality and politics, HIV-AIDS is bound to get worse and make the jump from epidemic to pandemic. Perhaps we’d have a better chance if it also went from being a blood borne disease to an air borne one instead.
Report thisBy Enemy of State, July 23, 2007 at 7:29 pm Link to this comment
Wow Johnny D, so thats why Bush so enthusiastically promised $15B in taxpayer during his first term. The right-wingers were crying bloody murder, but now I see it was just corporate welfare in disquise.
The ironic thing is that after sabotaging prevention programs with the abstinence nonsense, the ethnic groups that gain (relative to the others), are the muslims. They are the only group for which abstinence actually works.
Report thisBy ardee, July 23, 2007 at 5:53 pm Link to this comment
Abstinance should have started with Barbara Bush…..The most effective method for stopping the spread of AIDS is simply condoms. Yet the stupid Bush authorised talking points say that condoms constantly break and cannot be trusted. Yeah Ive been using them for five decades and how many have broken .....one, and that was ...well never mind.
Report thisBy Johnny Doughey, July 23, 2007 at 3:43 pm Link to this comment
I’m curious…
Report thisI believe the last time (during Bush’s ist term) the administration gave Africa about $100,000,000 for AIDs medication. There was a catch, however. They had to be purchased from OUR pharmaceudicals at full price. Meanwhile, the market rate was, according to African physicians, about 1/7th the cost. This was a payoff for our drug companies, not an AIDs treatment.
I’m wondering…. I didn’t see this last AIDS funding. Did it happen to have the same strings attached?
By Chaseme, July 23, 2007 at 3:04 pm Link to this comment
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When one of the twins get the disease, after flopping around like they have been known to do, more attention from bush’s gang will be given to this problem.
In the meantime, 12 billion a month will be wasted on the war and many more will die of this dreaded disease. Especially those who the Red Cross and the CDC intentionally infect.
Imagine if half of that money was spent to eradicate AIDS, surely someone will find a cure or release the information that a cure exist.
Report thisBy RAE, July 23, 2007 at 2:56 pm Link to this comment
Because so many self-righteous ignoramuses surrounding President Reagan deliberately CHOSE not to act, MILLIONS around the globe have died.
They didn’t act because it was the “gay” disease - and those perverts were just getting what was coming to them from God.
Isn’t it ironic that “God,” in his mysterious way, has now CHOSEN to eliminate millions of non-gays by using the “gay” disease!
The time to call the firefighters to put out a fire is when it begins. Only IDIOTS wait until the whole place is blazing before calling in the alarm. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
And, as usual, mostly the innocent suffer the consequences… the children… the wives… the poor masses (those who don’t “contribute” much or pay many taxes).
Report thisBy Alexis, July 23, 2007 at 2:51 pm Link to this comment
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In 2000 all United Nations members agreed to the Millennium Development Goals which include HIV/AIDS reduction and education as well as reducing poverty bt 50% before 2015. The Borgen Project is a non-profit organization working to hold political leaders accountable and ensure they hold up their end of the bargain. Unfortunately this plan is underfunded by $19 billion annually. Not enough is being done to reduce HIV/AIDS and global poverty.
Report thisBy Frikken Kids, July 23, 2007 at 1:42 pm Link to this comment
Does anyone think the president even cares? The administration refuses to give money to any organization that takes sex education beyond “Don’t do it.”
Nobody can argue that proper education and funding (spent on condoms) wouldn’t help. This administration has decided that people using condoms is worse than people dieing of aids. The same decision the vatican made. It’s reprehensible, but that’s the way it is.
I’ll ask again. Does anyone think the president even cares?
Report thisBy waxman, July 23, 2007 at 1:25 pm Link to this comment
DR. FAUCI BETTER HAVE A RESUME OUT, TRUTH TO BUSH MEANS GETTING FIRED….OUR PREZ,WHAT A PRIZE…BOOBIE THAT IS….
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