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From: jin@hropus.UUCP (Bear)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: HTLVIII Testing
Message-ID: <361@hropus.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 13:49:54 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 19 13:49:54 1986
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Gary writes:
> ...
>   I think that if I had tested positive I would either a) decided to remain
> celibate, which is close to what I've been doing anyway; b) limited my dating to
> other men who tested positive, either through support groups or candid personal
> ads; or c) limited my sexual activity to strictly safe, kinky stuff with little
> or no chance of emotional attachments forming.
> 
> ...

Choice b is not a wise choice unless they practice safe sex.  The accepted
thinking is that the various mutations of HTLV-3 do not infect in quite
the same way and that a cross infection might be all you need to go
from non-symptomatic to symptomatic (ARC or AIDS).
-- 
			Jerry Natowitz
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