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NYT blames USAID cuts for Zambian AIDs increase, rather than Zambians having sex

Posted on 4/26/26 at 3:32 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
74060 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 3:32 pm



Giving Zambian people HIV meds in exchange for them giving us their minerals is a common sense transaction.

NYT takes issue with it.

Why shouldn’t Zambia have to give us their minerals in exchange for HIV treatment?
Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
16726 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 3:36 pm to
I'm ok with Zambians getting aids from unprotected sex
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
38240 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 3:37 pm to
What about the other first world countries? Why aren’t they caring about this and sending money and aid and resources ?

Why is this only Americas burden to curtail HIV/AIDS ?

Where is the World Health Organization? I’m sure siphoning money and not doing what they’re supposed to do .

Posted by TheFolker
Member since Aug 2011
5487 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 3:38 pm to
Sounds like a Zambian problem.
Posted by Great Plains Drifter
Flyover, U.S.A.
Member since Jul 2019
9772 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 3:39 pm to
Since when was it ultimately the American taxpayer’s responsibility to keep Zambians from getting AIDS?

And who initially determined it was?
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
20956 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 3:39 pm to
If only there were a free, nearly guaranteed way of not contracting AIDS...

Since they don't like that, yeah, trade us for minerals AND sterilize ALL infected persons so they can't pass the infection to any offspring.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
80585 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 3:41 pm to
Actually, the crooks who Favred the money are at fault.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
89416 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:01 pm to
Foreigners are going to flood the comments with how Americans don't have morals. While they have never donated to the AIDS cause in Africa.


The US should not be the world's piggy bank.
Posted by ItTakesAThief
Scottsdale, Arizona
Member since Dec 2009
10720 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:09 pm to
I mean who cares. It’s a Zambia problem not a United States problem.

We’ve got bigger problems here.
Posted by Two0Five
Member since Oct 2025
282 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:17 pm to
Applebaum is an EU lobbyist, has zero loyalty to America.
Posted by South21
Member since Jul 2019
1817 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:25 pm to
quote:

Applebaum is an EU lobbyist, has zero loyalty to America.


the applebaums must generally be just nicer people than the other 98% of us.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
46628 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:26 pm to
We're not the world police, but they expect us to be their drug suppliers and minders?

Really?

Be accountable for your own actions, or perish. I really don't care.
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
20170 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:32 pm to
AIDS has been a thing for 45 years. Its dangers, causes and preventions have been known for several generations. If the Africans haven’t figured it out yet, there’s no hope for them. More American dollars won’t help.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
65188 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:34 pm to
Who gives a shite? I'm sick of sending our national prosperity to shithole countries where all they do is multiply.
Posted by llfshoals
Member since Nov 2010
20883 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:34 pm to
Well as someone who did 2 USAID projects in Algeria many moons ago frankly I was astonished it got cancelled.

Given how much in “consulting fees” and “feasibility studies” congressional representatives require to approve them I’m surprised they gave up that cash cow.
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
29382 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:35 pm to
If 10 cents of every dollar sent for AIDS in Zambia actually went to AIDS in Zambia it wouldn’t have been cut.

But when 100% is stolen, embezzled or funneled back to Democrats fook em.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
25039 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:38 pm to
HIV is a personal decision....to catch it and to spread it, period! Good Lord!

Has nothing to do with government protection.....

People are responsible for their own actions!
Posted by BHS78
Member since May 2017
3792 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:38 pm to
Sucks to be Zambian
Posted by lake chuck fan
Vinton
Member since Aug 2011
23489 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:38 pm to
Sounds reasonable and fair... if Zambians don't like it, let em develop their own AIDS medicine!!!
Oh wait.... thats hard to do with an average IQ of 77. Just sayin..
This post was edited on 4/26/26 at 4:39 pm
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
138391 posts
Posted on 4/26/26 at 4:42 pm to
quote:

.... blames US ... cuts for Zambian ...
I think I see the problem
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