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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / AIDS / February 2005Korea - No 'AIDS'
From AME Wockner Views: New York Times ‘ins’ Susan Sontag, Korea disappears gays by REX WOCKNER 2005-01-26 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com No gays, no AIDS You gotta love wacky North Korea.[and wacky Wockner] Last month the nation reported that it has never had an AIDS case and also doesn’t have any homosexuals. The AIDS statistics could be true. This is, after all, the most closed, isolated, secretive nation on the planet. But no gays? Poor, deluded North Korea. ............... “The DPRK is the sole country on the earth that has no AIDS-related patient so far,” Han [North Korean Health minister] said. “As a medical worker I feel sure that there will not occur a case in the DPRK in the future, either. The DPRK ... encourages the population to have a noble viewpoint towards love, marriage and family, and observe a sound lifestyle. The country has neither licensed and private prostitutes nor homosexuals and drug addicts.” ............. ..Han did note that 27 foreign workers who tested HIV-positive recently were sent home at their own requests.... ******** I think this wacky commentator misses how telling it is that a nation which does not believe it has an HIV infection does not find HIV infection. Probably doesn't look too hard either but in foreign workers. I knew Japan had a ridiculously low rate of AIDS but hadn't realized North Korea had missed the hysteria altogether. Oh my god the irony of it all, that champion of free sex Paul King quoting a story about North Korea as somehow supporting his beliefs about AIDS. Paul do you honestly believe that there are no North Korean homosexuals? Or is it that you think they are simply shot once discovered which is more likely the case based on what we know about life in North Korea. I would imagine the same fate would befall any North Korean person who presented with PCP or any other AIDS related OI. The only way that North Korea might be used in your propaganda is that in all likely hood HIV testing is not available to anyone born in North Korea. It is highly unlikely that in a nation were starvation is rampant, health care for the poor and middle class largely unavailable it is highly unlikely that any resources would be available for HIV testing. As to the claim that there are no drug addicts in the country. This is also one that the government of North Korea has complete control over, i.e. if a North Korean is caught with drugs they are simply shot our sent to forced labor camps were they are worked to death thus eliminating the problem as from as the 'Dear Leader' is concerned. Gary Stein > From AME > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > I knew Japan had a ridiculously low rate of AIDS but hadn't realized North > Korea had missed the hysteria altogether. |
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