Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watarts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watarts!molefeuvre From: molefeuvre@watarts.UUCP (Michael O LeFeuvre) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: A Lay question about AIDS? Message-ID: <8211@watarts.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 19:42:37 EST Article-I.D.: watarts.8211 Posted: Thu Jan 10 19:42:37 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 08:15:25 EST Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 15 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