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From: Alan.Holmes@brunel.ac.uk (Alan J Holmes)
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Subject: Aids
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Can anyone answer a few questions about Aids?

How did it start?

There were some stories going around about monkeys somewhere, is there *REALLY* a connection?

Why is it that this disease (for want of a better term) has only just
come to the surface?   After all, the currently accepted methods of 
transmission (sexual intercourse of one form or another) have been going
on for centuries, for most of that time without the benifit of any protection
at all.  Why has Aids never appeared before?

In what we call the 'Gutter Press' there has been the hint that it may have
been a manufactured disease, probably developed in one of the many 'germ
warfare' establishments.  Is there any evidence that this was so?

This is a genuine request for information, not to be confused with
apportioning the blame on *ANY* section of society.

Regards

Alan Holmes

Please feel free to either use e-mail or post your response, I am sure
there must be many others who would like to know the answers.