Re: [Futurework] The epidemic of Aids

[William B Ward]

Chris,   A friend of mine was director of the Burkitt's Lymphoma  dspace.dial.pipex.com/lrf-/diseases/burkitt_book.htm tumor center in Accra Ghana in the early to mid 70's [he is now with the US Public Health Service Uniformed Officers' Corps] . After the appearance of AIDS, he went back and checked blood smears and indicates that he found HIV/AIDS evidence.  This goes to support  a theory that HIV mutated from SIV [monkey form] and lay endemic in parts of Africa until the big move to the cities where it mutated a few more times before becoming so lethal.   Bill Ward   On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:47:51 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Reuss) writes: > [Hmmm.... is this list about the future of work or the past of > leisure..?] > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Keith Hudson wrote: > > It is believed that epidemic intensity of Aids (unfortunately > aided by a > > long gestation without obvious symptoms in the case of some > adults) built > > up in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco primarily due > to the > > thousands of homosexuals who congregated there in the late 70s and > the > > early 80s. > > > > Ask any epidemiologist. > > > > But he or she will only answer the last question privately > because, if > > answered truthfully in public, he or she is afraid of > vituperation, and > > probably of his or her career curtailed > > There's an even less "p-c" theory on the origins of AIDS:  That the > virus > was genetically engineered (perhaps by CIA or others with links to > the US > religious right wing) to "defuse" the 3rd-world "population bomb" > (after all, > what could be more suitable for this than a lethal STD) -- and also > to > decimate domestic faggots and hetero adulterers (both groups also on > the > black list of the religious right wing). The red herring of the > Haight- > Ashbury origin may have been planted by the same corner (Falwell et > al.) > who even blamed 9/11 on those sinners... > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > >