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JOHANNESBURG, February 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  An international team of scientists led by David Gisselquist, an anthropologist from Pennsylvania, and Dr John Potterat, an infectious diseases specialist from Colorado, has found inconsistencies in the data on the spread of AIDS in Africa. Their data suggests the disease’s rapid proliferation comes mostly from botched vaccinations.  The study suggests only 30 per cent of HIV cases are caused by sexual transmission rather than the 90 per cent which is currently the claim.  The researchers suggest that the existing data demonstrates their points but the original researchers did not reach the correct conclusions due to “preconceptions about African sexuality and a desire to maintain public trust in healthcare”.  Some of the points the researchers made were:  – The spread of HIV did not follow the same pattern as sexually transmitted disease. In Zimbabwe in the 1990s HIV infections increased by 12 per cent a year while STDs were declining by 25 per cent.  – Behaviour surveys show that sexual activity in Africa is not very different from Europe or North America. Some places with high levels of risky sexual behaviour have low and stable rates of HIV.  – Sexually transmitted diseases are usually more common among the poor and uneducated, but HIV in Africa is linked to urban living, a good education and higher income.

For more see The Times coverage at:  https://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-584530,00.html