In a message dated 2/3/99 9:35:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> only 49 out of 102 babies were believed to have acquired HIV through
> *breastfeeding*. That's 5%, not 10% and certainly not three-fold. Why
> choose to quote an earlier (larger) statistic and to omit a more recent
> (smaller) one? At best this is selective reporting. At worst it's
> deliberately misleading.
Dear Folks:
Am I missing something here? 49 out of 102 looks closer to 50% than 5%?
Warmly, Nikki Lee