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From: rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo)
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Subject: AIDS: beyond high-risk groups
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Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 11:36:48 EDT
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NPR's "All Things Considered" yesterday described a report from the AMA
(American Medical Association) which claimed there were 1 1/2 million
Americans NOT IN ANY HIGH RISK GROUPS (which are gay men, intravenous
drug users, & hemophiliacs) either infected with HTLV-III virus or
testing positive on the bloodtest for it.

The report urged those testing positive to have a second bloodtest,
because of the high number of false positives, and even a third test 
of another kind, before drawing any conclusions about themselves.

There were a lot of other interesting recommendations in the report
and in reaction to it.  Does anyone have a copy of it or the reaction?
If so, how about posting a summary to the net?

					Regards,
					Ron Rizzo