BG> I thought that apart from that small group of HIV-resistant
BG> women in Africa, once you were infected with HIV, you
BG> invariably died, albeit as much as 10 years later.

ALM> I seem to recall reading recently that the latest research
ALM> is showing about 5% of the population is immune to HIV.

BG> This is surely a guess, as I can't imagine anybody setting
BG> up a double-blind trial in an attempt to prove otherwise...

You dont actually have to do a double blind on that one. Whether
they are HIV+ or not is just a test result, doesnt matter a stuff
if the person administering the test knows which group they are in.

You dont even need a blind trial either, if the group that never
does become HIV+ has the same behaviour rooting wise etc as the
ones which did become HIV+, particularly when the vast bulk do
become HIV+, its obvious there must be some reason some didnt.

I was talking to one of the medicals who had been to Rwanda
as part of our army medical team. Apparently the HIV+ rates
are completely fucking unbelievable, 85% class rates.
@EOT:

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