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From: rooter@well.UUCP (Brian Mavrogeorge)
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Subject: Re: AIDS transmission
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 00:43:14 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  9 00:43:14 1985
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Summary: Yes citations please


I agree with you lets have some citations.  A recent article in the
San Francisco Chronicle about aids quoted a spokesperson for the
CDC in Atlanta as saying that they had followed over 400 health care
workers who had come into close contact with body fluids from AIDs
patients and that none of the workers showed evidence of the AIDs
virus.  That is why I got so uptight about the "my internist" 
reference.  However one person sent me mail indicating that the
Scientific American ran a story about infected health workers.  I don't
subscribe to that mag so if someone could look it up and post the
quote I would appreciate it.   And to the person who sent me mail from
an "unverified terminal" (whatever that is) saying that I seem to feel
that AIDs is only sexually transmitted - a loud no.  I believe AIDs is
transmitted through the exchange of body fluids, e.g. blood and semen.
And I rely upon researchers and CDC studies and reports for my information
and not vague references to unnamed sources.  I don't mind messages
calling me to task for something, but at least do in some fashion so I
can respond to you via the mail.