Aiding the Alarmism
(Fox News) - Remember that world AIDS pandemic?
Back on June 12, 1990, World Health Organization AIDS director Michael Merson warned the Associated Press, "It is very unlikely that the global prevalence of HIV infection will stabilize... for at least several decades." It estimated that around a half-billion people would be at risk.
The WHO is now backtracking and says the threat of a global AIDS pandemic has disappeared.
WHO's AIDS Department Chief Kevin de Cock says there will be no epidemic in the heterosexual population outside Africa. It is the first official admission that the prevention strategy promoted by major AIDS organizations may have been disproportionate to the problem.
The WHO and other organizations have been criticized for inflating estimates of the number of people infected — diverting funds from other health needs and spending on those who are not at risk. De Cock says there are "elements of truth" in that criticism.
Back on June 12, 1990, World Health Organization AIDS director Michael Merson warned the Associated Press, "It is very unlikely that the global prevalence of HIV infection will stabilize... for at least several decades." It estimated that around a half-billion people would be at risk.
The WHO is now backtracking and says the threat of a global AIDS pandemic has disappeared.
WHO's AIDS Department Chief Kevin de Cock says there will be no epidemic in the heterosexual population outside Africa. It is the first official admission that the prevention strategy promoted by major AIDS organizations may have been disproportionate to the problem.
The WHO and other organizations have been criticized for inflating estimates of the number of people infected — diverting funds from other health needs and spending on those who are not at risk. De Cock says there are "elements of truth" in that criticism.
posted by BP News Bureau | 2:06 PM
1 Comments:
From RushLimbaugh.com:
...if my name is De Cock and I ran this organization, I'd change it. I would change my name.
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