Well, as Zimbabwe fights for its life, one has to wonder just what Africa's future may be. Though it has been overshadowed by the horrors of Cholera and other deadly diseases, AIDS is not going away on that continent and to the frustration of the hardworking AID workers, this disease seems to have a mighty ally in the Catholic church...still! Less that a year ago, Mozambique's Roman Catholic archbishop was once again accusing the West of trying to kill off Aricans...yes, same old same old! With condoms manufactured in Europe and emplanted with HIV 'in order to finish quickly the African people.'
The archbishop of Maputo, Francisco Chimoio, told the BBC last March that he had specific information about a plot to kill off Africans. "I know that there are two countries in Europe ... making condoms with the virus, on purpose," he alleged. But he refused to name the countries.
He added: "They want to finish with the African people. This is the programme. They want to colonise until up to now. If we are not careful we will finish in one century's time."
Medical specialists were quick to point out the obvious and that is that even if someone wanted to do such an insane thing, the virus could survive only very briefly outside of a host.
Logic does not seem to play a very big part in either African politics and apparently African Catholocism and the campaign to educate about the disease has been harmed by this nutter's accusations. I can't help but wonder why the Vatican doesn't put a lid of this guy, and others like him. In Mozambique, after all, 1/6th of it population is HIV-positive; 500 new cases are contracted daily.
But then, this bishop seems to be in good company. Elsewhere in Africa, South African president Thabo Mbeki doesn't even think there is a link between HIV and AIDS and has suggested on more than one occasion suggested that antivirul drugs are poison and do not help sufferers. And Gambia's president thinks that an herbal potion rubbed into patients' bodies will cure it!
Poor Africa.
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