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"-L." > wrote in message
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> Jason Johnson wrote:
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>> You made me laugh when you stated that Epidemiology is not politically
>> driven.
>> AIDS and HIV were treated in a different way than Syphillis and Gonorrhea
>> were treated. Those employees that worked in clinics were required to
>> notify anyone that had had sex with people that had Syphillis and
>> Gonorrhea. For politically reasons, those same employees were not allowed
>> to even ask people that had HIV the names of the people that they had had
>> sex with. As a result AIDS spread quickly to thousands of people.
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> I think that had to do more with Reagan's refusal to fund research and
> eduucation about a "*** disease" than anything else. Had the word
> gotten out 10 years eariler that this disease was not a "***" disease
> and in fact, could infect anyone, there would have been- and still
> would be - far fewer cases.
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>> Decisions related to AIDS were based more on politics thand epidemiology.
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> Totally about politics, in the case of HIV.
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> -L.
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