| PaulKing 2005-04-19, 10:46 pm |
| Source: Dr. Robert Da Prato
US Army
Dept. Of Defense
3127 NE Irving
Portland, OR 97232
(503) 233-8065
1) The number of Army recruits with antibodies to HIV is equally
distributed between men and women (Burke et al.). This has been shown to
be true for Jobs Corps recruits as well (St Louis et al.).
2) The percentage of recruits with antibodies to HIV has remained constant
for 15 years (Da Prato).
Points 1 & 2 predict that AIDS should be equally distributed between the
sexes in this age group if HIV caused AIDS. However, the CDC documents
that 85% of the AIDS cases among 17- to 24-year-olds were male (CDC).
Thus, there is no indication that HIV is spreading in men and women in
their late teens and early twenties. If HIV causes AIDS it somehow knows
if you are male or female.
3) Blacks have 9-times the likelihood of having antibodies to HIV than
whites, and a 33-fold greater likelihood than Asians (Da Prato).
4) These proportions have not changed in 15 years. Again, no sign that HIV
is progressing in any of these populations (Da Prato). While HIV likes
boys and girls equally, the virus prefers Blacks to Whites and just plain
doesn't like Asians.
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