AIDS expenditures and Nation States

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

Although technically, they're right, aren't they? AIDS never killed anyone, it's the disease that came in after AIDS shut down their immune system.

So I suppose "he died of a cold" is accurate.

:?

Correct. AIDS destroys the immune system and because of that, other health problems become exaggerated.

I should have clarified that on both occassions, we were told that the deceased passed away from cancer. I've never heard of any correlation between the two.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

I also had opportunity to talk with Elder Lyman, who was the Southeast Africa Area doctor while I was there about the problem. He stated that the church estimates that they will have over 30,000 orphans on its hands within 10 years, due to their parents dying of AIDS.

That's incredible.

[SteelBlue]

This thread has brought up a question for me that I don't think has ever crossed my mind. What do we know about AIDS in North Africa and the Middle East? Are there any statistics regarding that region? My first impression would be that Muslims are at minimal risk due to their strict religious codes regarding sexuality. But then my realistic side says that there is likely risky behavior in all nations. I would also wonder if people in that region of the world who do test positive get treated like people in the US did in the early 80's.