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From: showard@udenva.UUCP (showard)
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Subject: RE: Ban Porn Discussion (really herpes and AIDS)
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 17:36:45 EST
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>   Now, on the subject of venereal diseases, I seem to remember that
> before the current AIDS scare, there was a herpes scare that went
> around the country. This disease too is a venereal disease, and it
> was (and is) being spread during one of the most conservative times
> (politically and socially) of this nation's recent history. 
> 
> 			       John Ogawa
> 			       U.C. San Diego
> 
> Disclaimer:  All that I say is mine alone, and my responsibility.

   I think the comparison of AIDS and herpes is stretching it a bit.  AIDS
is a virus which debilitates the body's immune system, causing death.  Herpes
is a _skin disease_.  When you get herpes, you go to a dermatologist, who can
get the disease under control (it is treatable but incurable) for the most part.

  --Mr. Blore, the DJ who would not die
  --aka Steve Howard, ...udenva!showard