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Should we spend taxpayer dollars on AIDS [W: 139]

Sherman123 said:
Yes. It is the essence of civilization. We strive against the ravages of biology and nature and seek to tame and master them for the betterment of our fellow man. Luckily, or unluckily depending on how you choose to see it, HIV/AID's research is continuing at a rapid pace and private funding dwarfs taxpayer assistance. But in the age of biotechnology it can often be the underfunded firm who has pioneered a critical delivery system or genetic patent that could be revolutionary. Government seed funding for medical research should continue without hesitation.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death the bible says, but I hope to fight towards that end here on earth.
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AIDS is only spreading rapidly i Africa where anal sex is practiced as birth control and men refuse to wear rubbers. Nature culls out the morons.
 
According to the annual World Health Report, AIDS is the fourth biggest cause of deaths worldwide, within twenty years after the epidemic began.
 
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sawyerloggingon said:
AIDS is only spreading rapidly i Africa where anal sex is practiced as birth control and men refuse to wear rubbers. Nature culls out the morons.
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So your next prejudice is coming out now too.

66% of all new female HIV infections occur in black women in the USA - however, only 14% of US females are African-American. Approximately one quarter of all reported new HIV infections in America are female cases.

The HIV death rate (adjusted) among African-American adult females is 15 times more than for Caucasian women.

More HIV Among Black Women Than Previously Thought, USA
 
joko104 said:
So your next prejudice is coming out now too.

66% of all new female HIV infections occur in black women in the USA - however, only 14% of US females are African-American. Approximately one quarter of all reported new HIV infections in America are female cases.

The HIV death rate (adjusted) among African-American adult females is 15 times more than for Caucasian women.

More HIV Among Black Women Than Previously Thought, USA
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Before I was prejudice against gays now I am a racist. When will you start talking about the subject instead of me? As I said, take your slanderous attacks to the basement.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
Before I was prejudice against gays now I am a racist. When will you start talking about the subject instead of me? As I said, take your slanderous attacks to the basement.
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"Slander" means spoken. Written is "liable." At least try to get your terminology correct in your messages wanting 28,000,000 people to die including 3,200,000 children for your messages of death-wish of gays. I suppose I could quote your OP again.
 
It's "libel", not "liable".
 
If Sawyerlogginon was really concerned about preventability and cost, he'd be for the ending of diabetes research. After all, that's your own fault. And unlike HIV, that comes from a lifetime of poor choices. Know how many other non-preventable diseases we could tackle if we stopped diabetes research? After all, it's their own fault
 
obvious Child said:
If Sawyerlogginon was really concerned about preventability and cost, he'd be for the ending of diabetes research. After all, that's your own fault. And unlike HIV, that comes from a lifetime of poor choices. Know how many other non-preventable diseases we could tackle if we stopped diabetes research? After all, it's their own fault
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There are two different types of diabetes, only one of which can be caused by a lifetime of poor choices.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
AIDS is a disease that for the most part is due to promiscuous sex or drug abuse and IMO taking money from things like childhood leukemia, MS, Parkinson's etc and giving it to a group of people who pretty much deserve what they got is a huge waste of resources. The only reason we spend so much money on it is that so many people that have it or fear they may contract it are so vocal and being gay is
so trendy as a current human right. So heres the question, should we be funding research to cure these people or worse yet find a vaccine to let them engage in their risky lifestyle with no consequences?

EDIT: sorry I blew the poll part but I would be interested in your opinions.
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AIDS is not only transmitted through sex, but even if it were, it's an extremely deadly and contagious disease. It should be studied with an eye on the cure and I'd far rather see our tax money go to such efforts than to much of where it goes now.
 
kerussll said:
I saw this article and thought of you Sawyer. Researchers use HIV to suppress childhood leukemia in a little girl.....WHAT?!?! Perhaps we can research both and good will come of it? Who would have thought!

A Breakthrough Against Leukemia Using Altered T-Cells - NYTimes.com
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I saw that on TV and it was a heart warming story that may lead to a cancer cure but I did not see where AIDS research entered into it, it was just using disabled AIDS virus. Your point is well taken though, research on any disease can cross over to treating other diseases.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
Hoisted with your own petard. :lol:
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The difference is I acknowledge my errors.

You're messages about moral purity are bizarre, given elsewhere you claim you married a stripper.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
I saw that on TV and it was a heart warming story that may lead to a cancer cure but I did not see where AIDS research entered into it, it was just using disabled AIDS virus. Your point is well taken though, research on any disease can cross over to treating other diseases.
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And how do you think they knew how to disable it?
 
kerussll said:
Uhhh you just said you didn't see what my point had to do with AIDS research. Now you acknowledge it?
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I said numerous times on this thread that I think AIDS funding is far to high, it is at the top of the list instead of the bottom where it should be. I do acknowledge that research in any one disease can sometimes help in other diseases too and AIDS is no exception. Will you acknowledge that spending more on AIDS than all other diseases put together is bat s*** crazy?
 
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