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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: jmhollen who wrote (61681)3/22/2009 6:32:35 PM
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Dizzy City tops Africa in per capita AIDs cases, ... I wonder why..?!?
health.usnews.com

"HIV/AIDS Crisis in Washington, as Pope Speaks on AIDS in Africa

This week, the Washington Post reported that the District of Columbia has an HIV/AIDS rate that is, according to one D.C. official, higher than that of West Africa.

Meanwhile, Pope Benedict XVI is making a seven-day trip to Africa that will include visits to the AIDS-afflicted countries of Cameroon and Angola.

The pope said today that distributing condoms is not the answer to fighting AIDS, the Associated Press reports. "You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms," he told reporters on the plane as he flew to Africa. "On the contrary, it increases the problem."

The Vatican favors abstinence for combating the spread of AIDS.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated last year that about 56,300 new HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2006—a figure 40 percent higher than the prior estimate of 40,000 annual infections.

Black women are heavily affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Read about one woman's battle with HIV. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists last year recommended HIV testing for most adult women."
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