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Haiti is being blamed for HIV
November 11, 2007 by Anonymous, 2 years 2 weeks ago
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Sir/Madame,
Regarding that article "HIV entered U.S. from Haiti as early as '69: study" that your organization published on October 30, 2007. This study cannot be more absurd. Supposedly some Haitians went to Africa in the 1960's and brought back the HIV virus to Haiti, then to the USA and eventually the world. Think about this for a minute. You should be ashamed if you allowed yourself to believe such story. By publishing this article you are helping to spread a lie and an injustice to the Haitian people.
Thousands of Europeans colonialists has been in Africa for at least the past 200 years and for some Godly reason they didn't catch that HIV virus that was supposedly floating around. Supposedly a handful of Haitians that went to Africa for a period of 10 years to help out were able to get infected with HIV and transported it back to their country and eventually the world. Those scientists are insulting your intelligence and the rest of the world's intelligence with such a ridiculous claim. This study is biased, racist, self-serving and is a shame that science is being used in such a way. How many times scientific findings that were once believed to be true were later proven wrong? Please remove this article from your website and stop helping to distribute an unfounded claim. How would that make you feel if an inaccurate story was being spread around about your family members or your fellow countrymen/women? Please let's be responsible and do the right thing. Thank you.
Sincerely,
J