Except, Miker, the demographic group with the highest prevalence of HIV and AIDS is black females.

globally, I meant to add. In the US and developed nations it may be true that "AIDS is still primarily the bane of homosexual males and IV drug users" however since AIDS is a global epidemic, hitting 3rd world and under developed nations hardest, the UNAID's strategy of education, prevention, and early detection/treatment will be beneficial as several studies have shown.

I'm just going on what I read in this article.

Future strategies might also include giving medicines to people at high risk even before they get infected. The World Health Organization is considering how to advise countries with major epidemics on giving drugs to healthy people vulnerable to catching the virus, such as prostitutes, gay men and injecting drug users, as a prevention method.

Are you suggesting that most prostitutes are black?

But, regardless of who "wins" the distinction of having the highest incidence of AIDS, the point remains the same. Focus on educating that group to make smarter choices.

As far as U.S. policy goes, it sounds to me - based on what you've said - that our best move would be to severely limit travel to or immigration from 3d world countries (which would probably be a very smart policy with regard to a number of issues).

it's not like the US can just shut its borders from the big bad world out there.

Hell, the US and its regulatory agencies can't even monitor what we put in food these days. A point I have driven home with infant formulas.

True. Which is exactly why certain individual STATES have acted independently of the ineffective federal government.

Many AIDS/HIV cases are centered in Africa. There, women are used and abused at the hands of any and all. Therefore, black women (in Africa) are the most commonly infected. As they are traded around by the men, the men also become infected, and spread this scourge to other women and men and women and men, etc.

Many African political leaders deny that AIDS is sexually transmitted, and that condoms are unnecessary. Further the rampant corruption within the governmental authorities (I was going to say "skims," but the real word should be "shovels") shovels off the funds, much of which was donated by United States and European benefactors, into their own pockets. This is a common and accepted practice. Therefore, it is in the best interests of the governments' representatives of some countries to continue to allow AIDS/HIV to grow and spread. The rest of the world will keep sending the money, and they will keep stealing it.

People from more "developed" countries have seen a fall in numbers, mostly through education and availability of preventative measures. However, many are still willing to chance the situations, and they continue to hold the numbers somewhat steady.

Until EVERYONE understands that AIDS/HIV is sexually transmitted and/or blood borne pathogen, and EVERYONE is susceptible to it, and precautions are not taken to avoid infection; then the world will continue to suffer the consequences: Illness and death. Denying the facts, stealing the funds, takeing chances, and rampant corruption continue to keep throwing victory over this malady into the jaws of defeat.

First, where is the video.

... and how does the video have evidence the organs were infected?

Didn't suddenly appear, hiv was in the gay community since the 1950's but massive free sex without protection by gays in the 70's caused the spike we saw beginning in 1980. Same thing occured with all other sexual diseases with gays at same time

If you say hiv does not cause aids, are you willing to test your theory buy injecting a hiv infected sample into your bloodstream?

BS walks

and how does the video have evidence the organs were infected?

There was a Belgian documentary talking about how they were using monkeys and videos of them being taken to the same laboratory after Gallo vehemently denied ever using them for vaccine research. This should have alarmed authorities and at least caused an investigation. Instead, he gets attention for discovering the disease.

Didn't suddenly appear, hiv was in the gay community since the 1950's

I never heard of that. It was understood that cases didn't appear in homosexual circles until the late 70s, 10-15 years after cases began in the Congo.

If you say hiv does not cause aids, are you willing to test your theory buy injecting a hiv infected sample into your bloodstream?

It was already done, google Dr. Robert Willner

BS knocks

Just an aside, I saw a documentary (a while ago--on TLC, I think), that had reported a very early case of AIDS (in the US--I think it was in Kansas City or St. Louis, but it's been a while since I saw it, and I may be wrong) in the mid-60s. The doctors had not identified it as AIDS until much later. It was the only one identified at the time, but if others were in the population, the people infected may have been diagnosed with other causes of death.

It would be interesting to see what kind of timeline has been developed to track AIDS/HIV back to Case Zero.