tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4671626397602789885..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Natives fight HIV/AIDSRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-34292758505094814412011-12-06T09:53:08.086-08:002011-12-06T09:53:08.086-08:00The good news is, HIV-related deaths and new cases...The good news is, HIV-related deaths and new cases are both dropping. We're not quite to zero yet, though.<br /><br />Indians have relatively low seroprevalence rates, though. Around the same as Europe, which is less than the United States but more than Japan or China. There was an outbreak among the Lakota in 1992 because of a Sun Dancer who didn't tell anyone he was positive; those guys are probably all dead now. But most oddly, the AIDS activists rely on what I've started to call "proctomancy", pulling predictions (manteia) out of one's, um, you know. For the last 20 years, they've been saying that Indian reservations will be like South Africa in less than a decade. They've said the same about China.<br /><br />For the most part, in my experience, UNAIDS has been a cargo cult: "We've promoted condoms, fidelity, abstinence, and circumcision, and seroprevalence rates in Kenya have dropped; it must be the circumcision!" (It's not, but gay activists have issues with anything questioning the value of multipartnering, and religious groups have an issue with condoms.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com