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Originally Posted by roachboy
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It's highly unsurprising that predominantly Muslim areas, which can be assumed to have Islamic governments, also have draconian laws against any sort of promiscuity, and frequently punish offenders with death, have lower rates of sexually transmitted diseases.
I'd also like to quote a post of mine from a thread about HIV in sexuality:
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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
Perhaps the reason that AIDS is so widespread in Africa is that the diagnosis criteria are not a blood test for the HIV virus, but the following symptom analysis chart:
Major Signs:
Chronic Diarrhea for more than a month.
Weight loss of 10% of body weight
Intermittent or constant fever for more than a month.
Minor Signs:
History of herpes zoster.
Persistent cough for more than a month.
Generalized itchy skin rashes.
Thrush.
Chronic progressive or disseminated herpes virus infection.
Swollen lymph glands.
Two major signs and one minor sign are sufficient evidence for a diagnosis of AIDS. It is worthwhile to note that Tuberculosis or other serious diseases without a compromised immune system can bring about the same symptoms. I hope that my cynicism turns out to be well-founded and that an influx of medical aid and supplies into Africa in the next decade shows that a significant portion of AIDS diagnoses are actually treatable illnesses and not HIV infections.
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