[Dean's World] Dean: Note From Honest Doctor

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Posted by Dean:
Note From Honest Doctor
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1144485974.shtml


   Well, my little posting yesterday certainly seems to have made the
   rounds. I'm still catching up on my mail but in addition to the folks
   from Harper's, I also got this note yesterday from the folks at
   [1]Honest Doctor:

     Dean,

     Your post today on [2]Accountability in Government Funded Research
     was sublime. Great job. And if you see the front page article in
     the WSJ today, it lends further credence how things have gotten out
     of hand. The South African government actually provides an
     incentive for people to get ill by giving out stipends if you show
     evidence of debilitating illness. So there are reports of
     considerable people contracting HIV purposely and not taking their
     ARVs purposely in order to qualify for that grant. I guess this is
     the last resort for many unemployed/impoverished people who have no
     other way to feed their kids.

     What this suggests is that the HIV enterprise is one great big
     welfare program â for universities, doctors, pharma, NGOâs, and
     now, Africaâs poor.

   I haven't actually seen the Wall Street Journal story mentioned. Can
   anyone point me to it?

References

   1. http://honestdoctor.org/
   2. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1144400460.shtml