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Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 8 May 2000 16:55:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Stanley writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ed Jones writes:
> > So all research for a cure for the millions of people who currently are HIV+
> > or have full blown AIDS should cease? All research for maintenance drugs
> > should cease?
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> No, but Ed, you know that there are other diseases that kill people as well,
> diseases that nobody can prevent from happening. Several of them get funding
> many times lower than AIDS mainly because they don't have high-profile
> celebrities and other loud people lobbying for them. Given the reality of the
> situation, that is there is limited amount of money to fund these things, can
> you be unbiased enough to see that it might be "unfair" for a disease that can
> be prevented and that is, most of the time, contracted because of one sort of
> behaviour or another, to receive several times (or more) funding than a
> disease that someone gets because of some random cosmic quirk or genetic
> predisposition?
None of these diseases have infected, and will kill, a quarter of the people in
many African countries. Why is almost everyone ignoring this fact? These
people are the reason we should try to find a cure. I doubt many of them have
access to condoms, let alone information about prevention. The healthcare
workers have a hard enough time trying to teach them about Malaria, which
they've been living with (and many have a natural resistance to, in the form of
Sickle Cell Anemia) for a lot longer time.
Jeff
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I'm not ignoring it. I just don't (personally) think they figure into my own "how should the government that is funded by MY tax dollars spend my money" equation, at least not more prominently than those "in need" in the US. Which, of course, (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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| (...) in (...) First, I agree with Mike's post to a large extent. On the other hand, if we're to guide those nations into being good customer states, this might be a good investment. But my real point is that I've read that international healthcare (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Do you really believe that the only way people (kids) learn about safe sex is through schools? I hardly pay attention during commercials and I see public health messages about safe sex from famous actors ALL the time. (...) I disagree. The (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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