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Rethinkit

    • 10 Dec 05
    • 10:30 am

    It appears as though Beatrice Were is bemoaning a loss of funding. Traditional AIDS agencies are combative against any idea that threatens their access to money. Their cash stream is based in several axioms: AIDS is sexually transmitted, Condoms and new needles stop the spread of AIDS, and that AIDS medications cure the disease. There is no other reason for Ms. Were to respond in a negative manner towards Ms. Museveni whom is helping young women live responsible lives in it's most complete form. Ms. Were counters that condoms are necessary to prevent husband to wife and rape transmissions. How ridiculous! …

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 10 Dec 05
    • 1:18 pm

    Well, I won't get into name calling. I wish to inform the public that there are bilions of dollars that are applied for every yearin the fight against AIDS. Applicants make their case and hope for the best. I certainly do not believe Ms. Were's heart is in the wrong place, she presents as a sincere and caring person. I, however, do not accept any statement that is absolutely politically correct. The story on Ms. Were is lock-step with established ideas - and I'm called an idealogue? I encourage anyone whom is reading this article to do a web search on …

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 10 Dec 05
    • 6:57 pm

    P.S. Ric, all the names that you called me, are actually a reflection of yourself.

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 14 Dec 05
    • 12:43 pm

    Kuya, I wish to point out the world's scientific leaders have been wrong in the past. They once said the world is flat, that the sun revolved around the earth, that scurvy is a contagious disease, that those with pellegra are infectuous, that Swine flu was about to sweep the nation, that Legionnaire's disease actually exists, and currently that SARS is a great danger, only eclipsed by the so-called "bird flu". None of the above statements hold any truth, even though there are reams of documents to support their hypotheses. In the USA 98% of us die from lifestyle diseases and …

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 16 Dec 05
    • 8:37 pm

    Johny, I liked that rant about barbaric Africans. Thabo mbeki, the President from South Africa, has said pretty clearly that such statements are patently racist and serve to titilate white minds. Won't you ever stop! You and your plague mentality. Marburg virus, Ebola virus all wiping out the African continent yet they never reach U.S. shores. Kind of strange don't ya think. What about the ability of planes to transport infected people in a few hours. Science fiction fantasy of the Stephen King style. Kind of like how "bird flu" hails from Asia, all the diseases just happen to head West …

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 16 Dec 05
    • 8:48 pm

    David, Excellent posts. It is astounding Mr. Frist wants to pass a law exempting vaccine companies from suit. Hopefully Americans will develop the brains to laugh out loud at such ridiculous behavior. The scientific establishment did a good job increasing the autism rate from 1 in 250 in 1990 to 1 in 150 in 2003; 1 in 66 for boys. Well done! It is a shocker that we believe viruses are a threat. More shocking that we allow them to stick needles into our three month old infants. Not finished, we have to repeat the torture at age four. Polio is …

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 17 Dec 05
    • 1:46 pm

    Dear Johnny, Would you be so kind as to post a reference for even one nurse whom made a claim of on-the-job exposure and then died. I've visited the cdc website and they cite 24 nurses claim to be hiv positive from on the job exposure. They have another section that tallies the number of healthcare workers whom have died of AIDS, but none in that group claim on-the-job exposure. Only three of the 24 are female yet women make up 80% of the profession. Rather odd, wouldn't you say? This link should work: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/BLOOD/hivpersonnel.htm They list 23,212 people with "a …

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 17 Dec 05
    • 2:10 pm

    For anyone following this thread, the 23,212 deaths generated involves anyone whom has ever claimed any employment in the medical field. This segment has only been on the site for the past year. The previous 10 years only showed those whom "claimed" on-the-job exposure. the last segment was added to dodge embarrassment over a "blood borne pathogen" that did not kill healthcare workers (EMT's, surgeons, E.R. nurses, nurses, tech's). You just have to ask what are the numbers for cancer mortality and healthcare workers. Does it mean their cancer is related to them ever having worked in the healthcare field? Very …

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 17 Dec 05
    • 5:10 pm

    Johnny, Well yes, I did partially misread the report. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to say: "Overall, 73% of the healthcare personnel with AIDS, including 1,407 nurses, 385 dental workers, 328 paramedics, and 92 surgeons, are reported to have died." So, I think it is a little bit more than surveillance. Note the word "reported", they are treading a thin line. Now, if you have a reference for your statement, I'd be impressed.

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 18 Dec 05
    • 8:45 am

    Johnny, Got that reference about lab workers whom died from "AIDS" while doing research? No? Got any references for nurses or healthcare workers whom claim on-the-job exposure and have died? Front page headlines: "Nurse Whom Cared for AIDS Patients Dies!" "Jane Shmane who worked tirelessly for AIDS patients died after receiving one of many needle sticks. Ms. Schmane received state of the art AIDS drugs - toxic chemical compounds such as AZT - but succumbed to pneumonia." Someone put a year to that headline and story. 1984? 1990? 1997? 2003? No, none of the above. Well, we just better wait for …

    Posted to Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
    • 02 Jan 06
    • 9:19 am

    "bird flu" is bogus, it is just another marketing campaign perpetrated by the scientific establishment. You got to give them credit, they know how to raise funds. That crowd at the NIH was delirious when Bush announced $7.1for research on "bird flu". Uncork the champagne. Let's see... bogus legionaires disease, bogus swine flu, bogus HIV, bogus SARS, and what's next, and how long will the public remain so gullable. We are stupid! We deserve to be snow balled.

    Posted to How concerned are you about a possible bird flu pandemic?
    • 13 Mar 06
    • 7:42 am

    Alice, In 1977 the U.S. government proclaimed that we must "vaccinate every man, woman, and child". The threat? it was called "Swine Flu", based on the belief that the "1918 flu" took refuge in swine and had now crossed back over into humans. What caused the gov't to make such a claim? Well, one soldier died after marching all night in winter conditions with a high fever. He was said to die of flu, and it supposedly matched the 1918 strain (sound familiar?). The U.S. government's toxic "Swine Flu" vaccination program resulted in about 2,000 cases of paralysis and a number …

    Posted to How concerned are you about a possible bird flu pandemic?
    • 13 Mar 06
    • 7:06 pm

    chuckville, Just saw on the news that "mad cow" was found in the USA. If you read about "mad cow" you'll find there is no proof of that either, the literature says "believed" to cause "mad cow" in humans. Why can't animals just get sick from all the garbage they are fed. Including chickens, and humans!

    Posted to How concerned are you about a possible bird flu pandemic?
    • 13 Mar 06
    • 7:42 pm

    Has anyone read that there are concerns vaccines are linked to autism. There is a book called "Evidence of Harm" and another one just published by a Kennedy which reports that the Vaccine Industry lobbied the FDA and were successful in adding two more vaccines to the infant immunization schedule, Hepatitus B, and inluenza (I believe). Well, this seems to have caused a tipping point due to how the vaccines are preserved im mercury! Yes, mercury! The autism rate went from about 1 in 2000 in 1990 to about 1 in 150 in 2003. The FDA denies that the mercury preservative …

    Posted to How concerned are you about a possible bird flu pandemic?
    • 14 Mar 06
    • 10:50 am

    Alice, I like the mad politicians comment, it made my day.

    Posted to How concerned are you about a possible bird flu pandemic?
    • 02 May 06
    • 2:09 pm

    ezedit, I can't believe you are concerned about "bird flu". It was first recognized in 1997, and it is just now making its way to America. It takes birds almost ten years to travel? The whole story is bogus. It is just another science fiction story generated by the public health officials. Remember it is their job to hype stories about infectuos diseases. Even though 99% of people in the Western world die of lifestyle causes (heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, septicemia, accidents, murder, suicide). HIV? there still is not a definition of how this retro-virus kills t-cells. Rather odd since …

    Posted to How concerned are you about a possible bird flu pandemic?