There is a similarity between the AIDS crisis in South Africa and the anti-vax movement in the US and Europe.
President Mbeki is a skeptic, but he's skeptical in a direction which has helped South Africa have the largest AIDS population in the the world. He doubts there's a relationship between HIV infection and AIDS. He believes that anti-retrovirals are dangerously toxic. He has worked hard to block access to them.
Nelson Mandela is beginning to speak out:
http://www.worldpress.org/africa/0202za.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1808986.stm
The similarities between Pres. Mbeki's stance and some of what we face here in the western world is downright scary.
President Mbeki is a skeptic, but he's skeptical in a direction which has helped South Africa have the largest AIDS population in the the world. He doubts there's a relationship between HIV infection and AIDS. He believes that anti-retrovirals are dangerously toxic. He has worked hard to block access to them.
Nelson Mandela is beginning to speak out:
http://www.worldpress.org/africa/0202za.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1808986.stm
The similarities between Pres. Mbeki's stance and some of what we face here in the western world is downright scary.
