Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site daisy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!nsc!daisy!david 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 Lines: 13 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."}