Sunday, October 11, 2009

A Possible World Cup AIDS Outbreak



There is a pretty fascinating article over at The Guardian about South Africa's attempt to legalize prostitution before next years World Cup. It is believed that about half of the countries sex worker are infected with HIV. If legalized the prostitutes would need to be registered and then screened for any STD's. With 2.2 million foreigners expected to come to Johannesburg for the games the risk of mass infections is a real one.

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