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From: Wounded.Bird@f38.n135.z1.fidonet.org (Wounded Bird)
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Subject: Re: Get tested
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Date: 23 Oct 89 04:33:38 GMT
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> If you should be one of those that have a propensity
>to exhibit a decline in immune system functioning in the future, medical
>intervention at the earliest stages *MAY* cause a state of remission
>or (at worst) a level of maintenance not unlike someone with diabetes.

>There is good reason to believe that you will live out your normal
>lifetime with a minimum of medical intervention.

Pardon me while I pick up my lower jaw from the floor. Could you please
elaborate on your statement since current statistics do not seem to support
your statement that HIV "at worst" can be managed not unlike someone with
diabetes.

Could you provide me with some hard evidence such as death rates or new, tested  
drugs that deal with viruses such as CMV that would support your statement. I  
don't think the recent AZT study would indicate sucha rosy picture and for  
those that cannot take AZT there is only the untested DDI. You obviously have .
facts available to you that I do not have.

Please share them with me and I will share them with my doctors at the
University of Miami. They are positive (eg. "We are bound to come up with  
something.") but not quite as positive as you are. 

I support your main point (Get Tested) 100% !

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