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From: asente@decwrl.UUCP (Paul Asente)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Re: Boy, am I catching it.....
Message-ID: <2794@decwrl.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 6-Aug-83 19:33:52 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  6 19:33:52 1983
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In regard to hererosexuals contracting AIDS:

Yes, some heterosexuals have caught AIDS.  They have all been
members of one of the following groups:

	Intravenous drug users

	Recipients of blood transfusions

	People whose sexual partner (or the transative closure of that
		relation) have had homosexual relations

	Haitian immigrants (one of the biggest mysteries of the disease)

	Children of someone in one of these groups

In particular, NO ONE in the health fields who works with and around AIDS
patients has ever contracted the disease if he did not fall into one
of the above categories.  All evidence points to AIDS being extremely
difficult to catch.

So, no, you don't have to worry about getting it from your neighbor,
co-worker, waiter, or the person who sits next to you on the bus.

	-paul
	...(decvax, ucbvax)!decwrl!asente