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From: molefeuvre@watarts.UUCP (Michael O LeFeuvre)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: A Lay question about AIDS?
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Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 19:42:37 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 10 19:42:37 1985
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   There is one thing about aids I have never understood.  Perhaps this
   is because no one knows, but I haven't read much about it lately so
   here goes.

        1.  Why is it so specific to male homosexuals?  I realize other 
            people do get it, but the dominant group is gays, a very 
            minority goup of the population.

        2.  In net discussion of the HTLV-3 blood test, someone said that
            70-80% of HEALTHY homosexuals tested positive.  If this is because
            of exposure to the virus, my first question becomes, why is
            this virus so specific to gays.

                               Carlo @ the U of Waterloo