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Re:Economists Got Africa’s Aids Epidemic Wrong by xhkkffbf on Thursday June 01, 2023 @11:29AM (#36152535)
There was a book that I can't remember that suggested the entire epidemic in Africa was overblown. It wasn't denying it, just saying that some of the estimates of 20,30 or 40% infection rate were wildly overstated. Now that it's been a few years, I wonder if anyone has fact checked the book. (Sooorry. I don't recall the title.)
Re:Economists Got Africa’s Aids Epidemic Wrong by imagainstit on Thursday June 01, 2023 @02:54PM (#36155678)
This was a common theme for HIV/AIDS denialists and was actively embraced in South Africa with tragic results.

South Africa pursued an anti-treatment strategy for a period: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/spr09aids/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_denialism_in_South_...

Obviously I can't tell you if a partially remembered book with no name and no date has ever been fact checked.