RS> A few of us dont even curtsy to Liz anymore.
BL> Curtsy? Us? You're not one of them, are you?
BV> I wonder if he goes to Ashtray Bay when on holiday ?
RL>  ROFL! I liked that.
BL>  On a related subject (quarantining poofters with AIDS) I saw an
BL> interesting little program on TV the other day. There was one place in
BL> the world where they actually did that: Cuba!

I was aware of that although I didn't catch the program. I don't
suppose you had the foresight to record it ? ... Didn't think so :(

BL>  When the AIDS epidemic struck, Fiddle Castro isolated HIV+ victims.
BL> At first, it was just a housing estate with a chain link fence around
BL> it, but as the internees developed full-blown AIDS, a clinic and
BL> hospital was added. Now, they are closing it down... because they have
BL> run out of victims!
BL>  All that remain are a few in the last stages of AIDS, dying. The
BL> ones interviewed said it was better. One of them had migrated to the
BL> USA but was returned when diagnosed HIV+. He said that at least he was
BL> sure of medical care in isolation in Cuba, and would die with dignity
BL> among his Ashtray Bay "friends".
BL>  Cuba has a population of 11 million and 1100 with HIV. It has never
BL> been much more than that... 0.01%.

I wonder why ?

BL>  Australia has one of the lowest infection rates: 50,000 HIV+ in a
BL> population of 17 million = 0.3%... 30-times higher than Cuba.
BL>  In South American countries like Cuba, but without quarantine of
BL> HIV, the infection rate of the population is more than 10%. In Haiti
BL> is is 30%! Cuba's quarantine of HIV has given a 1,000-times reduction
BL> in the spread!
BL>  Which is about what we would expect - nu?

Nah, there is obviously some gross misunderstanding of the
fundermentals which they have overlooked and they've probably cooked
the figures too.

BL>  I wonder why quarantine wasn't used anywhere else (snigger).

Got me beat.

Cheers, Brenton
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