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From: david@daisy.UUCP (David Schachter)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: AIDs is not spread by saliva
Message-ID: <120@daisy.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 23:40:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: daisy.120
Posted: Tue Aug 20 23:40:16 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 05:35:46 EDT
References: <191@tekig5.UUCP> <314@kitty.UUCP> <6592@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Reply-To: david@daisy.UUCP (David Schachter)
Organization: Daisy Systems Corp., Mountain View, Ca
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In article <6592@ucla-cs.ARPA> scw@ucla-cs.UUCP (Stephen C. Woods) writes:
>In article <314@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>>> We've had antibiotics [...] AIDS - How would you like to see an AIDS virus
>>> that DOES spread like the common cold?  Or a rabies virus? ...
>
>It does spread like rabies (exchange of bodily fluids [saliva in this case]).

Uh, hold it.  It is not proven that AIDs can be spread by saliva.  It has
been shown only that a virus which is suspected to cause AIDs has been found
in saliva.  That's quite a different thing.

[generic disclaimer.  Specific disclaimer: I'm not a medicine man.  I'm just
an avid reader.] {"Dammit Jim, I'm an actor, not a doctor."}