There has always been a moral argument in every country on homosexuality, in part of the UK and most of the world homosexual "marriage" is still illegal.

I am talking about the medical response to HIV/AIDS in Cuba regardless of political ideology.

This from the New York Times, hardly a supporter of Fidel.



HAVANA — Yudelsy García O'Connor, the first baby known to have been born with H.I.V. in Cuba, is not merely still alive. She is vibrant, funny and, at age 25, recently divorced but hoping to remarry and have children.

Her father died of AIDS when she was 10, her mother when she was 23. She was near death herself in her youth.

"I'm not afraid of death," she said. "I know it could knock on my door. It comes for everyone. But I take my medicine."

Ms. García is alive thanks partly to lucky genes, and partly to the intensity with which Cuba has attacked its AIDS epidemic. Whatever debate may linger about the government's harsh early tactics — until 1993, everyone who tested positive for H.I.V. was forced into quarantine — there is no question that they succeeded.

Strangly, the NYT's article makes no mention of male homosexuals, but states that "the Cuban regime concentrates on "high risk groups like prostitutes".

Actually, the rates among "sex workers" are only a fraction of those amongst male homosexuals.






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Gail Reed
May 9, 2012
For an indepth look at HIV/AIDS in Cuba see the special issue of peer-reviewed journal MEDICC Review at http://www.medicc...



Eyes Open
May 9, 2012
I've been to Cuba twice. It is a remarkable place. This cogent article demonstrates yet another way in which it is remarkable. I wonder if...



Tufik Habib
May 9, 2012
As most things in life, things are not fully good or bad. Definitely, it seems this is the way to manage an epidemic. Indeed, it looks...

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