2 responses to “Not a Headline you See Everyday”

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   john personna

   September 1, 2011 at 3:17 pm

   Interesting that this pops up. I had just heard an interview with a sociologist studying AIDS in Africa. There was a lot of interesting stuff about how gossip (who might be promiscuous and risky, who might be sick) slows transmission.

   At the end of the interview the sociologist was asked about what she would do, and she turned in a different direction entirely. She said she’d halt all abstinence campaigns, and put all the money toward encouraging circumcision. It was she said, the most effective, documented, way to reduce transmission.

   (It was a public health innovation in semitic peoples.)
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   michael reynolds

   September 1, 2011 at 3:40 pm

   Zimbabwe has not been known as a shining example of good government.