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From: rrizzo@bbncca.UUCP
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Subject: Re: publish & panic
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Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 14:02:17 EDT
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After reading my previous message, I realized I should qualify it:
the reviewer TENDS to downplay the real dangers of STDs, so the review
should be read somewhat "with a grain of salt".  There ARE books worth
reading & using as guides among those reviewed.

Some of the books carry quite a bit of homophobia in some of the
information & advice given; the review should be seen as a needed
corrective to such shortcomings.

I certainly hope I didn't convey the impression that the AIDS crisis
isn't an extremely serious matter that one ignores only at the risk
(quite literally) of one's life, or that the other widespread STDs
(hepatitis, herpes, repeated gonorrhea & amebiasis) aren't debili-
tating illnesses that occasionally can even become life-threatening.

I also hope this note doesn't heap more health anxieties on anyone.

					Ron Rizzo