Amazon 7 #1 July 11, 2011 http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2011/07/Lack-of-education-fuels-HIV-epidemic-in-South/49269176/1?csp=usat.me Lack of education fuels HIV epidemic in South "What we've found in Mississippi is very similar to what we've found in Zambia and other African countries," says Megan McLemore, of Human Rights Watch, which has published reports on HIV/AIDS in Mississippi and the South. The fact that only 50% of people have been tested and are in treatment is comparable to Botswana, Rwanda and Ethiopia. The death rate is 60% higher than the national average. She adds, "In Mississippi, I spoke to people so fearful they'd be discovered that they'd hide or throw away their AIDS medications." There is a link there that takes you to this chart... amazing... just amazing http://aidsvu.org/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #2 July 11, 2011 Funny I was just reading an article in the July issue of Scientific American about this. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=poor-mans-burden My take: Not surprising. Even less surprising was the higher incidence in Washington, DC.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #3 July 11, 2011 Looks like it's highest among black males 30-60 yrs old. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ECVZZ 0 #4 July 12, 2011 I'm with popsjumper on this one. Not surprising at all. I was born and raised in North central Florida, and traveled the South East coast (usually as far as Virginia) pretty frequently, and less often, but still with fair regularity, the Gulf coast to at least Galveston. The poverty on the Gulf coast as a whole was staggering. Not that it was much better on the SE coast. Truly sad. G. Jones "I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around, the more I think it might not be a bad idea." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 3 #5 July 13, 2011 OK, I restrained myself for a whole day. Can I make a tasteless joke about God, guns, Bible and bitterness now? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,183 #6 July 13, 2011 QuoteOK, I restrained myself for a whole day. Can I make a tasteless joke about God, guns, Bible and bitterness now? Please don't keep us in suspense any longer.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 3 #7 July 13, 2011 QuoteQuoteOK, I restrained myself for a whole day. Can I make a tasteless joke about God, guns, Bible and bitterness now? Please don't keep us in suspense any longer. I'm still tuning up the website. http://www.thebitteramericans.com/ Oh, and props to quade for the use of his avatar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
