----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> treatment). Presumably, some of those communities also had survivors (and, by inference, "improved genetics")...
>>the most obvious reason for AIDS having hit Africa harder than anywhere else is the lack of medical care available >> The government has up to now refused to supply medication for AIDS because President Mbeki and the minister of health say AIDS due to the HIV virus does not exist. They say it is a disease of poverty and a disease driven by the pharmaceutical industry for the industry to make money out of Africa. During the colonial period, the soldiers from Europe with TB were sent to Africa to recuperate thinking that a dry climate will do the TB good. The indigenous populations had no resistance to TB and it spread like fire. Research now shows that the African population do seem to miss a gene that will protect them against TB. The main cause of death amongst AIDS patients is TB. Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
