Aids early on

[Plane]

"It is somehow chilling to know it was probably circulating for so long under our noses," Worobey said in a telephone interview.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21534118/

[Plane]

http://health.msn.com/general/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100173348&GT1=10514


New research into the genetic history of HIV suggests that the virus that causes AIDS stopped in Haiti during the middle of the last century, prior to reaching the United States.

The findings are unlikely to help scientists discover better treatments for AIDS, but they could provide insight into how HIV evolves and moves from place to place, said Michael Worobey, a professor in the University of Arizona's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and co-author of a study released Monday.

"It matters when these events occurred and how often colonizations of new locales occur," he said. "That helps us predict the future complexity of the HIV pandemic."

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I remember Reagan being chastised for slow response t the Aids crisis, now we can blame Nixon.

[Xavier_Onassis]

No, we still should blame Reagan, because by the time he was in office, they knew what it was people were dying from, and he refused to listen.

His handlers didn't write anything on his notecards. They left it out of the script they wrote for him each day.

There are plenty of things to blame on Nixon as well, but AIDS was not recognized until he was out of office.

Ford and Carter came between Nixon and Reagan.

[Plane]

No, we still should blame Reagan, because by the time he was in office, they knew what it was people were dying from, and he refused to listen.

His handlers didn't write anything on his notecards. They left it out of the script they wrote for him each day.

There are plenty of things to blame on Nixon as well, but AIDS was not recognized until he was out of office.

Ford and Carter came between Nixon and Reagan.

Nixon didn't notice ,Ford didn't notice , Carter didn't notice , Reagan did notice but just not enough to suit his critics.

This is a unique complaint , the closest to it I can remember is Ford being criticised for overreaction to Swine Flu.

There are new diseases appearing every year  , Presidents do not normally hit the panic button for them.

Anti biotic resistant Staph is oncomeing and it has no political baggage , but neither Clinton nor Bush is acting like it is a big deal.

I think it has more potential to cause problems than Aids does , but what is the appropriate  Presidential attitude?