Comments on: How the Anti-Homosexuality Bill could impair AIDS progress in Uganda

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By: David Blakeslee

David Blakeslee — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:02:15 +0000

Daniel,

When the term prevalence rate is used, does it mean a direct percentage of the population?

If that is the case, then 1 in 10 South Africans are HIV/AIDS.

one in 16 Ugandans.

one in 4 Swazilanders.

These are terrifying numbers…controlling our fear and responding adaptively is very important.

By: David Blakeslee

David Blakeslee — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:55:30 +0000

Thanks Daniel…

I propose a post: Superstitious, or Maladaptive, beliefs that interfere with HIV/AIDS treatment.

I am picturing a graphic, like a pie chart, with percentages.

There is room for everyone in such a chart.

By: Daniel Batt

Daniel Batt — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:06:50 +0000

South Africa has the highest rates of HIV deaths in part because of Thabo Mbeki’s seriously retarded belief that garlic and beetroot were better cures for HIV than retrovirals. How many deaths his conspiracy theory views caused is impossible to quantify, but it is no doubt huge.

By: David Blakeslee

David Blakeslee — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:32:12 +0000

It appears there is some support for this statement:

South Africa has the highest HIVAIDS in the whole world”

According to Wikipedia, South Africa, by far has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_adult_prevalence_rate

Although their “per capita” rate only makes them the Fifth largest in the world.

Farther down, South Africa is #1 in deaths due to HIV/AIDs….#1 in the World.

By: Erp

Erp — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:32:57 +0000

In the USA homosexual activity was criminal in some states up until 2003 when the US Supreme Court ruled that laws criminalizing consensual sexual activity were unconstitutional (Lawrence versus Texas). These was mostly a matter of individual state laws rather than an overriding national law. Though I believe it is still a criminal offense in the military but offenders are usually just discharged.

Many conservative Christians (but also others) opposed repeals (many states repealed laws against homosexuality before the Supreme Court abolished the remainder). The 2008 Texas and Oklahoma Republican party platforms called for recriminalizing sodomy (fortunately party platforms are generally ignored).

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:15:22 +0000

So, Ssempa is arging that this bill is needed to (1) stop child abuse and (2) fight AIDS? Are there no laws in Uganda to punish child molestors or those who knowingly spread AIDS?

Why is it necessary to single out homosexuality?

Has the USA ever criminalized homosexuality? If so, did conservative Christians ever favor such laws or fight their repeal? What has changed since then — and why?