Comments on: How the Anti-Homosexuality Bill could impair AIDS progress in Uganda https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/11/13/how-the-anti-homosexuality-bill-will-impair-aids-progress-in-uganda/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: David Blakeslee https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/11/13/how-the-anti-homosexuality-bill-will-impair-aids-progress-in-uganda/#comment-35152 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:02:15 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=5330#comment-35152 Daniel,

When the term prevalence rate is used, does it mean a direct percentage of the population?

If that is the case, then 1 in 10 South Africans are HIV/AIDS.

one in 16 Ugandans.

one in 4 Swazilanders.

These are terrifying numbers…controlling our fear and responding adaptively is very important.

]]> By: David Blakeslee https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/11/13/how-the-anti-homosexuality-bill-will-impair-aids-progress-in-uganda/#comment-35151 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:55:30 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=5330#comment-35151 Thanks Daniel…

I propose a post: Superstitious, or Maladaptive, beliefs that interfere with HIV/AIDS treatment.

I am picturing a graphic, like a pie chart, with percentages.

There is room for everyone in such a chart.

]]> By: Daniel Batt https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/11/13/how-the-anti-homosexuality-bill-will-impair-aids-progress-in-uganda/#comment-35150 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:06:50 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=5330#comment-35150 South Africa has the highest rates of HIV deaths in part because of Thabo Mbeki’s seriously retarded belief that garlic and beetroot were better cures for HIV than retrovirals. How many deaths his conspiracy theory views caused is impossible to quantify, but it is no doubt huge.

]]> By: David Blakeslee https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/11/13/how-the-anti-homosexuality-bill-will-impair-aids-progress-in-uganda/#comment-35149 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:32:12 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=5330#comment-35149 It appears there is some support for this statement:

South Africa has the highest HIVAIDS in the whole world”

According to Wikipedia, South Africa, by far has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_adult_prevalence_rate

Although their “per capita” rate only makes them the Fifth largest in the world.

Farther down, South Africa is #1 in deaths due to HIV/AIDs….#1 in the World.

]]> By: Erp https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/11/13/how-the-anti-homosexuality-bill-will-impair-aids-progress-in-uganda/#comment-35148 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:32:57 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=5330#comment-35148 In the USA homosexual activity was criminal in some states up until 2003 when the US Supreme Court ruled that laws criminalizing consensual sexual activity were unconstitutional (Lawrence versus Texas). These was mostly a matter of individual state laws rather than an overriding national law. Though I believe it is still a criminal offense in the military but offenders are usually just discharged.

Many conservative Christians (but also others) opposed repeals (many states repealed laws against homosexuality before the Supreme Court abolished the remainder). The 2008 Texas and Oklahoma Republican party platforms called for recriminalizing sodomy (fortunately party platforms are generally ignored).

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