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Thursday, February 5, 2009

interstitial: Hans Rosling



Yay! Hans is speaking too now. Awesome!

Now: 6 mins on AIDS epidemics.

With gapminder he shows the spread of HIV. And he's using the new version of a laser pointer. It's a 10ft metal pole.

It took 25 years to get a steady state of the epidemic. It's not getting better but it's not getting worse.

He shows that African countries are very different in their percentage of infection. To lump together all of Africa, "is disrespectful".

So what do the numbers show us? Is the epidemic worse where there is war, rape, poverty? Circumcision is VERY helpful in safety.

The bookstore has chart free on the HIV information. IF YOU'RE IN LONG BEACH it seems. I just checked.
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