PBS program on global health starts Nov. 1

[Roland98]

Originally Posted by alphamale

She's a physician, and everyone who makes or administers AIDS policy and does it well doesn't have to be an AIDS researcher.

Agreed, but that's why I asked you about peer-reviewed research--because there *are* people who study these exact questions for a living. I trust them more than I trust a simple policy-maker.

(I like the "appointed by Bush" snippet - like that ipso facto makes her qualifications suspect )

*shrug* It does. He's appointed people who are not only unqualified, but who should never in a million years be doing the job they do--wolves guarding the henhouse. I don't know much about Peterson (and based on her CV, I ain't impressed), but other apointees do indeed make her appointment suspect.

And it doesn't matter if the snippet came from the National Enquirer, only whether it's a true quote. Do you dispute the quote?

That's the thing, buddy boy--it does matter. Peer-reviewed research is certain to present the author's own views. Snippets from an interview with a journalist might, but they might not. Things can be left out, quotes may be out of context. I don't know about the veracity of the quote, but as I linked above, it seems to me there's little doubt that she believes condoms are indeed effective.

AND whether she thinks condoms are important or not is distorting the issue here it is again - read carefully it's whether or not the international AIDS elite caused more deaths in africa by emphasizing condoms over other strategies that demonstrably work better.

That last part is your problem. Read carefully--you've not given any evidence to back your assertion that "other strategies demonstrably work better." That was why you brought the WT article into the mix--supposedly, to prove that assertion. So it IS indeed an issue, because you made it one. Get it?

...and with that, I think I've wasted more than enough time on you. Infectious disease policy is actually a topic I love to discuss, but I prefer to do it at a level of discourse higher than, apparently, you're able to provide. Adieu.