The AIDS virus is racist...

Wow, teaching sex education to 5th graders sure hasn't curbed AIDS. Perhaps they aren't getting the message early enough. Although we shouldn't ignore the disease, I think it gets way too much attention for an entirely preventable disease. There is only going to be so much money donated to disease cure research. The more money and attention that is given to AIDS gets, the more money and resources that are taken away from fighting diseases of which people have no control over, like lukemia, cancer, Parkinson's, or Alzhemizer's diseases.

Looking at the stats, HIV appears to be racist! I wonder why the disparity is such? Actually is the AIDS problem in the black community here in America reflective of the AIDS problem in Africa? I wonder what is the precentage of heterosexual non-blacks? (don't say 8% because the 47% and the 45% could overlap, with gay black men)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that between 1,039,000
and 1,185,000 people in the United States were living with HIV in December 2003.
The previous estimate from 2002 showed that between 850,000 and 950,000 people had the AIDS virus....

The CDC's latest estimates indicate blacks account for 47 percent of HIV cases; gay and bisexual men make up 45 percent of those living with the virus that causes AIDS, the health agency believes. In 2003, the rates of AIDS cases were 58 per 100,000 in the black population, 10 per 100,000 Hispanics, 6 per 100,000 whites, 8 per 100,000 American Indian/Alaska native population, and 4 per 100,000 Asian/Pacific Islanders.