Re: AIDS/POLIO-Not Much Econ

2000-09-21 Thread Robin Hanson
Alexander Tabarrok wrote: ... Furthermore as Robin pointed out there was "a claimed strong correlation between where CHAT was given and the earliest HIV cases. But this correlation is only described via some maps. This cries out for a more formal statistical analysis..." According to the

Re: AIDS/POLIO-Not Much Econ

2000-09-21 Thread William Dickens
The article did grant that there remains the strange puzzle of the coincidence in timing of the various strands of AIDS all being transmitted from primates to humans within a close period, which I suppose that Hooper will emphasize when backed into a corner. The article suggests theories of

Re: AIDS/POLIO-Not Much Econ

2000-09-21 Thread Robin Hanson
William T. Dickens wrote: The article did grant that there remains the strange puzzle of the coincidence in timing of the various strands of AIDS all being transmitted from primates to humans within a close period, which I suppose that Hooper will emphasize when backed into a corner. The

AIDS/POLIO-Not Much Econ

2000-09-20 Thread Alex Tabarrok
List regulars may recall a side discussion that occurred some time ago on the possibility that polio vaccination loosed the AIDS epidemic on the world. As Robin pointed out the case is made in a big book by Edward Hooper. As I mentioned then, some samples of the oral polio vaccine from