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Subject: Re: (3219) Dentist
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Date: 2 Jun 91 18:44:30 GMT
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On Sun, 2 Jun 91 11:06:54 pdt Support Account for SCI.MED.AIDS said:
>
>		Have any men contracted aids from their dentist...bringing
>		me back to that old prejudice that there something that's
>		smells of skull-duggery in them dentists offices. (thence
>		more to be afraid of reagarding dentists)
>

Simply because two women contracted AIDS and appear to have inherited it
from their dentist does not mean something "wrong" went on.  Because of
the limited data presented and available, there are too many variables
to suspect something fishy happened.  Men may not have developed the
symptoms yet or realized the source of exposure, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum.

In addition, I have read of several studies in the last year or so dealing
with the lore of "fun in the dentist's office" and it has been shown to be
primarily a form of hallucination. Sorry, I can't provide a source as my
reading is so great I only worry about what I read and end up having
to track things down later.  If you are really interested in this, I can
tell you my regular reading materials and leave the legwork up to you.
(but it was not supermarket media).

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