tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post1599235577949517315..comments2023-10-08T12:27:04.050+03:00Comments on HIV in Kenya: Concurrency: the Favorite Plaything of the Sex-Obsessed HIV IndustrySimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-632527539930858062011-01-30T22:07:46.957+03:002011-01-30T22:07:46.957+03:00Hi Paddy, thanks for your comments. As you say, th...Hi Paddy, thanks for your comments. As you say, there have been many theories, especially ones that required some very prejudiced views to be even vaguely credible.<br /><br />You're right, even UNAIDS have accepted the lack of evidence for a major role for concurrency. Yet these UNAIDS approved people keep churning out papers about it, this time in the form of a mathematical model, where they seem to be able to use any data that might strengthen their case.<br /><br />But their case is not strengthened. I just don't understand why the fact that their model doesn't explain the worst epidemics in Africa, yet they don't mention that in the abstract, you have to read the full paper to find that out.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure they will be plenty more flavors of the month. I just wish they would take a closer look at non-sexually transmitted HIV. But then UNAIDS would have to admit that it has spent years screwing up.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-79915721267195957272011-01-30T15:20:09.705+03:002011-01-30T15:20:09.705+03:00"Concurrency" became the new lifeboat fo..."Concurrency" became the new lifeboat for HIV orthodoxy a few years back. It took over from dry sex and child rape. All sorts of bizarre, disgusting and improbable sexual practices have been attributed to Africans over the years in order to justify the huge discrepancy between estimates for HIV in Africa compared to the rest of the world.<br /><br />Dry sex, we were once assured, was the favoured form of sexual intercourse for Africans. The natural lubricant of a woman's body was, we were told, not wanted by African men who, uniquely among humans, preferred sex to be dry. So next time I see an African woman on the street, which is every day here in Dublin, I'm supposed to believe she is likely to have her vagina full of bleach.<br /><br />Next came child rape. Even a moment's thought (something Aids orthodoxy seems incapable of) would tell you that child rape would be a hugely inefficient way of spreading any venereal disease, but that didn't stop westerners (including us Irish!) telling Africans they really had to learn to stop raping their children.<br /><br />Then came "concurrency". Apparently, Africans don't copulate more than the rest of the world, just with more partners concurrently. The only thing missing with this theory was any evidence to support it. UNAIDS, in its 2008 annual report, was admirably candid: ”A study in five cities in sub-Saharan Africa found no association between concurrency and HIV prevalence level " and likewise "a small study in Malawi also found no association between the density of sexual networks and HIV prevalence". <br /><br />So what next? I read about "bride shopping" on this blog site recently. I'm only waiting for that to start turning up on the chat shows as pop stars and the like start telling us how badly behaved African are.Paddy O'Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504078867098430118noreply@blogger.com