Bill Gates and Africa

[andyfox]

There's a good article in the October 24th edition of the New Yorker about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and what the Foundation is trying to do to fight disease in Africa. The following quotation from the article reminded me of David's threads about helping (or not helping) people in Africa. [I made a long post in the Politics thread detailing some of the things the Foundation has done and the incredible amounts of money it is devoting to its causes.]

"It just blows my mind how little money has been spent on malaria research. What has prevented the rich world from attempting this? I jsut keep asking myself, Do we really not care becasue it doesnt' affect us? Is that what it is?"

I assume David would say, yes, that's exactly what it is.