The truth about the aids panic

[Brad DeLong]

>  > So the 500 deaths per day reported in Kenya are a big lie?
>
>No. But common sense dictates that if the vast majority of those 
>people have not been tested for the HIV infection, and they have 
>not, then you cannot conclude in ANY scientifically responsible way 
>that those people died of AIDS.
>
>Chris

We do *test* random samples of Kenyans to estimate the fraction of 
Kenyans who are HIV-positive. To deny that spikes in prime-age 
mortality in Kenya and elsewhere are due to AIDS is medically 
irresponsible.

Brad DeLong