Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ptsfa.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!lll-crg!dual!ptsfa!rob From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) Newsgroups: net.med,net.motss Subject: Re: AIDS Transmission (Addendum) Message-ID: <789@ptsfa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 02:12:46 EDT Article-I.D.: ptsfa.789 Posted: Thu Aug 8 02:12:46 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Aug-85 08:56:35 EDT References: <1829@aecom.UUCP> <321@faron.UUCP> Reply-To: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) Distribution: na Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 53 In article <321@faron.UUCP> rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) writes: > >I was just wondering. Do you think that snorting coke through the >same rolled bill as the other guy is a wise idea? Talk about mucous >membranes. What do you think? If I find myself in that situation, I >think I'd use my own rolled bill. Am I being paranoid? I am replying just in case this is NOT a joke. No, you are not paranoid, just uninformed. Disclaimer: the following is not medical advice, I am not trained in medicine or health care. The following is merely my observation and opinion. I have been following very carefully the medical news as reported in the responsible gay press (mainly the New York Native). My hypothesis: you can only catch the AIDS virus if it gets DIRECTLY into your bloodstream. The evidence: 1. The virus has been found in the following bodily fluids: blood, semen, saliva, and perhaps others. 2. Anal intercourse is highly correlated with AIDS because during anal intercourse, the anal passage lining incurs microcuts into the blood-vessel rich tissue and the AIDS virus in the semen deposited there can get directly into the blood stream. 3. Sharing of needles is highly correlated with AIDS because remnants of the blood of one person is being injected into another. 4. Penile-vaginal intercourse is less correlated with ADIS than anal intercourse because the vaginal tissues are less fragile than the anal passage tissues. 5. Deep kissing seems to be relatively unrisky (but not completely so) because the "tainted" saliva of one of the kissers will not get directly into the blood stream of the other unless the latter has a cut or wound in her/his mouth. 6. There is no evidence that the disease can be caught from airborne viruses. -- +--------------+-------------------------------+ | Rob Bernardo | Pacific Bell | +--------------+ 2600 Camino Ramon, Room 4E700 | | 415-823-2417 | San Ramon, California 94583 | +--------------+-------------------------------+---------+ | ihnp4!ptsfa!rob | | {nsc,ucbvax,decwrl,amd,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!rob | +--------------------------------------------------------+