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Ustwo · 10-20-2005, 01:25 PM

Thorny the reason I think the numbers are over hyped is they do not diagnosis AIDS in Africa the same way they do in the West. It is often a purely symptomatic diagnosis without testing so while the numbers are official that doesn't mean they are correct. What percentage of the AIDS's cases in Africa are not truly AIDS I have no idea but I know its going to be less than the number reported.

AIDS is not a killer, it allows other dieases to kill you, and while people often die of pneumonia with AIDS that doesn't mean that everyone who dies of pneumonia, even if they were young, had AIDS.

Also politically there is, shall we say, motivation to keep the number as high as possible.

10-20-2005, 01:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	Thorny the reason I think the numbers are over hyped is they do not diagnosis AIDS in Africa the same way they do in the West. It is often a purely symptomatic diagnosis without testing so while the numbers are official that doesn't mean they are correct. What percentage of the AIDS's cases in Africa are not truly AIDS I have no idea but I know its going to be less than the number reported. AIDS is not a killer, it allows other dieases to kill you, and while people often die of pneumonia with AIDS that doesn't mean that everyone who dies of pneumonia, even if they were young, had AIDS. Also politically there is, shall we say, motivation to keep the number as high as possible. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.