Re: A thought experiment... Is it possible tha the Walk for AIDS will result in enough new cases of HIV and AIDS to consume all ...

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From: illywhacker
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:15

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On Jun 2, 1:35 am, Richard Ulrich <Rich.Ulr...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 31 May 2008 22:58:11 -0700 (PDT), the zak
>
> <don.sak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > A thought experiment... during the upcoming Walk for AIDS is it
> > possible that one person will meet another who has HIV infection,
> > whether they know it or not, and have sex? Is it possible that
> > infection could be passed along to an uninfected person? Considering
> > statistical information on the spread of HIV, could it happen at least
> > one person after meeting another person during the AIDS walk will get
> > infected? Two people? Three people? Four people? More? How much money
> > is raised by the Walk for AIDS? How much does it cost for a person's
> > treatment from when HIV infection is detected until death?
>
> > Is it possible that the AIDS Walk will result in enough new cases of
> > HIV and AIDS to consume all the funds generated by the event?
>
> Nah, you have to look at something like what
> the economists have as "opportunity costs".
>
> In this case -- If they weren't doing something healthy,
> like "walking", wouldn't the worst of these folks be
> hanging out in bars and taking drugs or finding sex
> partners?
>
> I guess it is possible that the "healthy" affects of
> outdoor activity might have a better health outcome
> than whatever can be bought with the money raised....
> Seems to me you are 'way off base.
>
> --
> Rich Ulrich
>
> http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html

Is this thread supopsed to be funny?

illywhacker;

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