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Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Tue, 9 May 2000 15:35:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter White writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> 
> 
> > If you want to really get worried, think about mosquito-borne diseases, in a
> > world that is slowly warming, these are the growing concerns.
> 
> Agreed. Fortunately, ours isn't (slowly warming). At least that's what the • data
> indicate when not interpreted by "junk science" advocates.


Everything I have read lately has been confirming that the world is indeed
slowly warming (currently).  Whether this is a natural phenomenon or not seems
to be much more under debate.  I'll ask my best personal source his opinions
when I get a chance (he was the former head of upper atmospheric research at
the Jet Propulsion Lab).

Bruce


> > An insect-borne disease is much more of a problem than a sexually-transmitted
> > one, not to mention our growing reliance on an ever lessening number of
> > antibiotics.
> 
> THIS one, now this one is something to worry about. Keep messing with the drug
> company profit models in large markets the way the US considered doing, and • the
> UK already does, and you won't have any drug company R&D to find new ones
> either.
> 
> ++Lar



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  Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
 
(...) Agreed. Fortunately, ours isn't (slowly warming). At least that's what the data indicate when not interpreted by "junk science" advocates. (...) THIS one, now this one is something to worry about. Keep messing with the drug company profit (...) (26 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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