Emily Oster: What do we really know about the spread of AIDS?

http://www.ted.com Emily Oster re-examines the stats on AIDS in Africa from an economic perspective and reaches a stunning conclusion: Everything we know about the spread of HIV on the continent is wrong.

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[daveadler]

While she has given a very informative talk and sounds very intelligent and articulate, as a secondary observation it should also be noted that her kaboose looks quite good in those pants.

[marcloveless07]

I talked with Uganda HIV community and government workers and here data is off the mark.

This is a misinformation peice. She needs to challenaged.

[flexpint]

Good report! By the way, she sort of looks a lot like "Bella" from Twilight, don't she?

[publicanimal]

@FogLight2 Maybe she's talking fast because TED speakers are given a time limit for their talks?  You don't have to be a genius to figure that out.

[publicanimal]

@daveadler I noticed how good her butt looked right around the time she said "Abstaining from sex is costly. People really like to have sex."

[098anne]

Interesting stats. I cringed when she said AIDS is first and foremost a policy issue. And again when she said that economists look at health as an investment. I suggest this admitted 'academic' step out of the office and into the real world in order to gain wisdom. She seems to have very little.

[Th3Wab3]

the facts that weaken the HIV = AIDS causation many. to list a few the gender and age disparities that differ according to region. the fact that different regions use different test which cause results that contradict each other. the research on retrovirus causations and function are inconclusive... AIDS = 30 some on diseases many of which are symptoms that are found in peoples who are exposed to fecal contaminated water and malnutrition

[dinogrower]

Yes she needs to be challenged. She could have said how Dr.Boyd E. Graves submitted to the president of the united states a file acquired from the government that proves genetic engineering created AIDS and the law suit was dismissed as frivolous. He had the governments own military files in his hand. Smart people like you could have done better.

[dinogrower]

For such an educated audience seems like she could have done a youtube search with the name Dr. Maurice Hilleman. What a disappointing talk.

[trenteady]

@expandmymind Or maybe you're a crackpot.

[zoharsis]

I agree, ideas do attract research, but when it comes to a coverup..there is always a way to cover up, even though there is so much evidence proving otherwise. Im not sure what u think what u hear AIDS was manmade, and i can understand how u wudnt believe it. But ur not the first person ive debated this on, and if any of the people i talked to on this subject really cared, they wud actually go look for themselves instead of blind skepticism.

This is serious stuff. Im guessing u didnt watch strec