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From: tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: Being sensible about AIDS (when can we start?)
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 08:23:37 EDT
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Just to stick my two cents worth into this discussion, I
feel that there is much more danger to the child with AIDS
in going to school than there is to the other kids.  With
a child having AIDS attending school, there is a much
greater risk of the child catching what would normally
be a simple childhood disease and not being able to
fight it off.  Take chicken pox as an example.  There once
was a tribe of indians living in the area of northern Iowa
that was wiped out after coming in contact with chicken pox.
The same thing happened in the area of Easter Island some
200 years ago.  So, since chicken pox can kill those
without an immunity, the child with AIDS will have the
same problem.  I feel that putting the child into this
environment would be a greater risk to the child than
that supposed risk to those around the child.  Shoving
a child into the school based on principles is not helping
the child or solving the problem.  It is mearly satisfying
the egos of some folks who have no real compassion for
the life of the child.
T. C. Wheeler