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Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 8 May 2000 20:26:55 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> Extinction of what? Not species. Cultures? Maybe. But the worst I've heard
> so far is 25% infection rate. That's bad, but not extinction-level bad.
how do you figure? i think a 25% infection rate with all offspring produced
after infection of the parent being affected would set some alarms off for
the possibility of a local extinction. Especially if you figure that the
infection rate has and most likely will increase as time goe on.
-chris
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| This is somewhat rambling, but here goes... (...) But it doesn't HAVE to go on - all you have to do is force the damned idea through their heads that SEX (and sharing needles) CAN KILL, so either stay monogamous, or use condoms, or just use your own (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
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| (...) heard (...) As I understand it, infection by the father isn't transmitted via conception at all. And, for reasons somewhat unknown, HIV infected mothers frequently produce babies without infection. So, your premis isn't correct. (...) But even (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) countries. (...) Maybe I used the term special interest incorrectly. I think of a special interest as being any sub-group of the population who wants public monies distributed in a certain way such that it will specifically help their sub (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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