- A thought experiment... Is it possible tha the Walk for AIDS willresult in enough new cases of HIV and AIDS to consume all the funds generatedby the event?
- Posted by the zak
A thought experiment... during the upcoming Walk for AIDS is it
possible that one person will meet another who has HIV infection,
whether they know it or not, and have sex? Is it possible that
infection could be passed along to an uninfected person? Considering
statistical information on the spread of HIV, could it happen at least
one person after meeting another person during the AIDS walk will get
infected? Two people? Three people? Four people? More? How much money
is raised by the Walk for AIDS? How much does it cost for a person's
treatment from when HIV infection is detected until death?
Is it possible that the AIDS Walk will result in enough new cases of
HIV and AIDS to consume all the funds generated by the event?
- Posted by Martin
On Sat, 31 May 2008 22:52:48 -0700 (PDT), the zak
<don.saklad@gmail.com> wrote:
Probably. Many gays can't even go to the supermarket without having a
sexual encounter. 
[...]
<http://www.aidswalk.org/> contains surprisingly little information
about the purpose of the walk.
HIV infection figures are disappointingly low, so, perhaps the walk is
designed to push up the numbers of HIVers.
Do proceeds from the walk fund HIV treatment? I thought the US
government and Bill Gates did that.
--
<http://www.hiv-poz.co.uk/>
4,888 days and counting...
- Posted by David Chesler
Walks don't generate funds. Wealth is not generated by walking in a
circle.
--
- David Chesler <chesler@post.harvard.edu>
"No, I will not sponsor you to walk for charity, but I'd be glad
to sponsor you to mow lawns for charity; you can start with mine."
- Posted by NowYouKnowBetter
the zak wrote:
While it's possible, it's also very unlikely because the AIDS walk
participants would be very aware of the need for condoms in any sex they
might have!
NUKB
- Posted by Operational Amplifier
NowYouKnowBetter wrote:
Speaking of condoms, why is the word "condom" absent from any of the
promotional material / advertisements for the AIDS walk (at least the
one in NYC)? Or the bus-stop ads warning of how some "minorities" (what
a horrible term) are more at risk for HIV, yet again the word "condom"
is not mentioned anywhere?
It's easy to attribute this to pharmaceutical-company conspiracies, but
there must be a more sane reason... can anyone think of one?
- Posted by John Reddy
In article <pZC0k.3090$N87.2009@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com>,
NowYouKnowBetter <encyclopedic@knowledge.com> wrote:
It's also damn difficult to have sex while you're walking.
- Posted by JohnN
On Jun 1, 1:52*am, the zak <don.sak...@gmail.com> wrote:
Probably like the way the RCC selling off assets to pay off rape
victims of the priests makes more priests rape innocent children.
JohnN
- Posted by EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com
In ne.general Operational Amplifier <mc1741p@gmail.com> wrote:
Why do you find it a horrible term?
--
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so
certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
-- Bertrand Russel
- Posted by the zak
| While it's possible, it's also very unlikely because the AIDS walk
| participants would be very aware of the need for condoms in any sex
they
| might have!
And would that same awareness explain why healthcare workers
have about the same STD rates as the general population of their
economic and educational peers?
