stupid white men
This is infuriating. The U.S. withheld $40 million because Brazil hands out free condoms to prostitutes and has a needle-exchange program. It should be noted that Brazil has the most successful AIDS control program in the developing world, while the U.S. plan of abstinence, faithfulness, and controlled condom use (ABC) has no data to back it up, and most experts think it does more harm than good. And Brazil is one country of many.
When the bible gets in the way of smart and proven medicine (which is quite often)...
"The idea of God was not a lie but a device of the unconscious which needed to be decoded by psychology. A personal god was nothing more than an exalted father-figure: desire for such a deity sprang from infantile yearnings for a powerful, protective father, for justice and fairness and for life to go on forever. God is simply a projection of these desires, feared and worshipped by human beings out of an abiding sense of helplessness. Religion belonged to the infancy of the human race; it had been a necessary stage in the transition from childhood to maturity. It had promoted ethical values which were essential to society. Now that humanity had come of age, however, it should be left behind."
-- Sigmund Freud
The U.S. has no problem (and Bush should be commended for it) investing in drug research for diseases that strike poor countries (malaria, TB, polio...). Why can´t Bush, because this really is his doing, realize that the best prevention for AIDS isn´t moral suasion, but a cheap, thin layer of latex?
Applying to medical school has put me back in the mode, and this might be the last entry. Toodles.
http://www.livejournal.com/community/public_health/274965.html#cutid1
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/4/333
When the bible gets in the way of smart and proven medicine (which is quite often)...
"The idea of God was not a lie but a device of the unconscious which needed to be decoded by psychology. A personal god was nothing more than an exalted father-figure: desire for such a deity sprang from infantile yearnings for a powerful, protective father, for justice and fairness and for life to go on forever. God is simply a projection of these desires, feared and worshipped by human beings out of an abiding sense of helplessness. Religion belonged to the infancy of the human race; it had been a necessary stage in the transition from childhood to maturity. It had promoted ethical values which were essential to society. Now that humanity had come of age, however, it should be left behind."
-- Sigmund Freud
The U.S. has no problem (and Bush should be commended for it) investing in drug research for diseases that strike poor countries (malaria, TB, polio...). Why can´t Bush, because this really is his doing, realize that the best prevention for AIDS isn´t moral suasion, but a cheap, thin layer of latex?
Applying to medical school has put me back in the mode, and this might be the last entry. Toodles.
http://www.livejournal.com/community/public_health/274965.html#cutid1
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/4/333