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From: rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo)
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Subject: publish & panic
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Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 15:05:39 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 12 15:05:39 1984
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The current (today's May 12th) Gay Community News (Boston paper) has
a sane & eye-opening review of recent books by gay & straight authors
on AIDs & other sexually transmitted diseases written by Charley
Shively.

Shively shows how medical & other authorities are effectively reintro-
ducing fear of sex and outright superstition by means of the current
public anxieties over herpes, hepatitis, as well as AIDS, above and
beyond the real risks contained in these diseases.

Many of the books reviewed are being widely read; some are worse than
others.  The best are anthologies of medical papers that have least
bearing on personal health practices.  It's worth reading the review
if you have read or will read any of this literature.