One of the reasons that I oppose totalitarianism in general is that it results in stupid decisions and blind spots. Life is incredibly rich, involved and, oh yeah, fucked up. Refusing to admit it just makes the problems exponential...
So the attached article discussing the concerns about HIV/AIDS in Russia and in China really stikes me as an improvement. China has gone so far as to estimate where the disease moves from health problem and tragedy to catacylsmic disaster. They figure that they are about half way there...since the disease spreads exponentially, well, go figure...
The Russians are actually looking at the impact of the disease on the workforce and noticing that it will sort of screw up one of their few really successful industries.
So, what are we going to do about it to help our "friends?" So long as the problem is epidemic in Africa, well, who really cares, right? A close friend of mine was recently at a meeting where a corporate executive made the comment about sending teams to do site visits in Africa that "what white person would want to go there?" So much for corporate consciousness of reality. Anyway, so we keep talking about faith-based solutions -- if we can get Billy Graham on a high enough pillar, maybe he can call them all to Jesus...and Jesus will save. Or not.
Here's a thought. Granted, Cameron has had a bad couple of weeks, getting covered in bloody shit from an aids patient and trying crank - but, maybe House will come up with a solution. Here's anothe thought -- the disease is going to mutate in Africa and be spread by aerosol instead of body fluids...then we all die.
The solution is to do more work on vaccines and lower the cost of treatments, maybe even finding an anti-viral that works. The big money short term is in crazily expensive treatment, so don't expect Pharma to jump into the fray -- they're too busy trying to protect patents and find new uses for Viagra so they can keep it out of the generic realm.
This is going to end badly. Crusader AXE of the Lost Causes is not optimistic...so, the Catholic Church and the Bush Administration are in a virtual conspiracy to wipe out the world's population through mutated AIDS and they don't even know it.
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