There was a story on this on NPR, I can't remember if it was Talk of the Nation or Science Friday. The conclusion was that you can't draw any conclusions from that result. The 4% minority participant that Cheryl noted equaled less than 10 people. They made a point to note that since the test was not designed to look at racial differences, therefore the conclusions are quite limited. If in fact the result is valid, there are many factors, other than race that may have produced the result. There is another study of the vaccine taking place in Thailand that should provide additional information about the interaction with race
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D. Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky 7060 State Hwy 104W Voice: (315) 312-3474 Oswego, NY 13126 Fax: (315) 312-6330 -----Original Message----- From: sylvestm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:16 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: racially sensitive vaccine Well it appears that a new vaccine aimed at AIDS patients is producing results for blacks but not for whites. How do you read this observation? And while on this subject,I wish to apologize for not posting ny Black History month special: What they never told you in Psychology Class! Lots of info is available,but yet I have so little time to posts them. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
