A Generation of Undereducated, Undernourished, Underparented Orphans

Here's the truth people. The terrible truth of the unethical "fight against AIDS."

The West largely ignored the humanitarian crisis as it was building up, only to focus on treatment - an expensive, inefficient, and politically biased attempt that neglects the prevention so critical to stop the epidemic from spiraling out of control.

Public health principles and democratic logic is based on utilitarian reasoning, we should save lives that are cheap to save before saving lives that are more expensive. With the limited funds available, we must maximize the benefit and positive outcome. We must save as many as possible. Simple cost-benefit analysis.

"The advocates for treatment stress the universal human right for HIV - positive patients to have access to life-saving health care, no matter the cost. This is a great ideal, but a utopian one...

There are also other ideals-first of all, prevention of the further spread of AIDS. And what about the universal human right for health care for other killer diseases, freedom from starvation, and access to clean water? (White Man's Burden)"

The truth is that granting life through prevention of AIDS itself costs far less than AIDS treatment. Granting life by preventing and treating other deadly diseases are also much more cost-effective.

What we also need to expose is the terrible influence of the ignorant values held by the religious right in America. Their abstinence programs, opposition to the use of condoms, and prejudice against prostitution are preventing sufficient reaction to the world's AIDS crisis.

How self-involved and arrogant can people be? There are over 300 religions in the world that claim they preach the only true god and that others are wrong... Religion is merely the means to control peoples thought and habit! They should stop contradicting scientific analysis and making the AIDS crisis worse!