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Subject: Re: (2802) question about ultroviolet lamps and germs
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On Mon, 10 Dec 90 13:47:29 pst Support Account for SCI.MED.AIDS said:
>
>encased in a dildo and insert it
>into a vagina or anus just before sex, turn on the ultroviolot light, and kill
>the aids virus and then go ahead and have sex? Or better still, have a
>fixture shaped like a cylinder with ultroviolot light bulbs around it(shielded
>from your eyes) and stick you penis into it for a while before having sex?
>Is this something that is really wacky or does it have any merit?
>

EXCEPT: you are treating the AIDS virus like it's a single-unit creature
hiding in bodily orifices that can be simply turned off in a localized
region of the body while one gets their jollies.  Remember that it
permeates the entire body wherever the blood and other fluids go.

If you could keep the blood from circulating to the tissues you "immunize"
then you'd be better off with your proposal, but then again, how long can
those tissues go without refreshed oxygen before shock (inadequate
cell perfusion) or gangrene decided to set in?  You might "inactivate"
the penis, but what about the fluids ejaculated?

It's nice to be creative, but you are localizing the scope of the
virus...