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From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
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Subject: Re: HIV testing and rape
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Date: 16 Jun 91 17:50:34 GMT
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In article <1991Jun11.194701.18033@cs.ucla.edu> scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) writes:

>Another problem is the implication that, if the victim tests positive,
>then the infection came from the rapist.  In fact, if both test
>positive, it's entirely possible the rapist got it from the victim.

This is so unlikely that no one knows of a single case of its 
happening. Female-to-male transmission is already relatively uncommon.
Such transmission from a single encounter is even rarer.

I generally reserve the use of phrases like "entirely possible"
for circumstances that are reasonably likely to occur.

--Mike

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