Lawmakers in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bill requiring some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips -- part of extreme efforts to monitor the disease. Health workers and rights activists sharply criticized the plan Monday.
But legislator John Manangsang said by implanting small computer chips beneath the skin of "sexually aggressive" patients, authorities would be in a better position to identify, track and ultimately punish those who deliberately infect others with up to six months in jail or a $5,000 fine.
The technical and practical details still need to be hammered out, but the proposed legislation has received full backing from the provincial parliament and, if it gets a majority vote as expected, will be enacted next month, he and others said.
Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country and has one of Asia's fastest growing HIV rates, with up to 290,000 infections out of 235 million people, fueled mainly by intravenous drug users and prostitution.
But Papua, the country's easternmost and poorest province, has been hardest hit. Its case rate of almost 61 per 100,000 is 15 times the national average, according to internationally funded research, which blames lack of knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases.
"The health situation is extraordinary, so we have to take extraordinary action," said another lawmaker, Weynand Watari, who envisions radio frequency identification tags like those used to track everything from cattle to luggage.
A committee would be created to determine who should be fitted with chips and to monitor patients' behavior, but it remains unclear who would be on it and how they would carry out their work, lawmakers said Monday. ... -cnn
Isn't there a cure yet? Boyd Graves thinks AIDS is a man made disease aimed by the US government at population control. Is Graves nuts?
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He sounds sane, but perhaps he is adding motives and making connections where none actually exist. Here are some details from his web site:
In 1962, under the cover of cancer research, the United States charts a path to commit premeditated murder, the “Special Virus” program begins on February 12th. Dr. Len Hayflick sets up a U.S. mycoplasma laboratory at Stanford University. Many believe the “Special Virus” program began in November 1961 with a Phizer contract.
Dr. Hayflick's first name is Leonard according to Wikipedia. Why does Graves say "under cover of cancer research"? What evidence is Graves leaving out which makes him believe Hayflick's cancer research was part of a murder plot?
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During the 1980s, when the AIDS epidemic was just beginning to unfold, the Reagan administration did as close to nothing as was possible, despite the pleas from various groups across the country. It was thought at the time that it was a disease of only homosexuals, drug users and Haitian immigrants, so why bother? Some even thought it was God's way of punishing the wicked. Consequently, the disease got out of control and spread.
No, there is no cure, but it can be controlled, but it is quite costly, but it need not be. Pharmaceutical firms, however, have made sure that the price of the drugs needed to treat the disease remain quite profitable, despite the fact that many people cannot afford the cost, especially in Third World countries where there are millions who go untreated.
Medical researchers have unlocked the mysteries of the HIVirus in the 1980s. It's no secret. The mechanism are openly discussed in journals if anyone wants to take the time to look into them.
The link to Boyd Graves site say something to effect about the government wanting to kill its own people. The government doesn't want to kill its own people; it wants to exploit them, not kill them. It doesn't make sense. The government wants people to only work and pay taxes, which means it wants people to be just healthy enough to work at least until retirement age and just content enough that they don't start something like a revolution disrupt the status quo.
"Of the 15 annual progress reports produced by the (formerly secret) U.S. Special Virus Program, how many have you personally reviewed?" ...sound familiar?
I suggest skeptics like Ann review the actual documentation of the program.
There are new links for download @ www.boydgraves.com (click on "Special Virus Program").
I imagine a reader will discover Dr. Hayflick's papers inside.
Additionally, Dr. Graves calls him Len, because they knew each other personally, as his books reveal.
Thanks for these posts.
Sincerely,
Joel
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