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2005-05-04 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Steve White 2005-05-04 12:06:52 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My sister wrote her masters thesis on the Brazilian healthcare system, and it's scary. Unsurprisingly, there are two levels, one for the rich, and one for the rest. And even the rich version is terrible. Her focus on the paper was the over use of antibiotics, and they (Brazil) just refuse to listen to any advice on the matter from the outside. One nice "feature" of the deal is that what few antibiotics are available for the general public often come from expired stocks that are purged from the upper echelon.

I came to the conclusion that if I'm in Brazil and need a doctor, just pack me and my missing limb on a plane back to the US. I'll wait for treatment.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2005-05-04 9:39:03 AM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2005-05-04 9:39:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A friend of mine in high school was hemophiliac. He died of AIDS after receiving a bad transfusion in Brazil, where his parents were missionaries.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-05-04 09:42|| 2005-05-04 09:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Quite a bone-head move for Brazil. They could've took took the 40m and did some good with it. It's common practice in brothels that all the prostitutes use condoms anyway. There's a small thread of anti-Americanism in Brazil, maybe that's where this comes from.

Posted by shellback 2005-05-04 10:56|| 2005-05-04 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Condemning prostitution is a far cry from making it illegal. How many rubbers and medical checkups could that 40 million had paid for? Are these Brazilians and Aids workers idiots? They see no nuance, just black and white.

They have a fallback plan though, they'll blame the US.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-05-04 15:26|| rjschwarz.com]">[rjschwarz.com] 2005-05-04 15:26|| Front Page Top

#5 I have no problem with the US keeping the American taxpayer's money. More power to them. Now, how about stop sending the Egyptians $2 billion every year.

Posted by ed 2005-05-04 15:37|| 2005-05-04 15:37|| Front Page Top

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