Mosquito lasers

I just posted on UN Dispatch about this WSJ article, proposing, yes, lasers that shoot mosquitoes out of the air (to fight malaria). Little did I know that such technology already exists…

Pope: condoms don’t stop HIV, friendship does!

Uh-oh, the Pope is spreading love and good cheer making the HIV problem in Africa much, much worse.

Pope Benedict XVI has said that handing out condoms is not the answer in the fight against HIV/Aids, as he makes his first visit to Africa as pontiff.

No, please your Popeliness…

Speaking en route to Cameroon, he said distribution of condoms “increases the problem”. The Vatican urges abstinence.

Please be silent…

The solution lies in a “spiritual and human awakening” and “friendship for those who suffer”, the AFP news agency quotes him as saying.

Friendship…cures…AIDS?  More blood on papal hands.

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