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- From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
- Subject: Re: SAFE SEX or SAFER SEX?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:41:45 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.214145.625@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- References: <16B61ADAE.M18611@MBVM.Mitre.Org> <1k1gl2INNaqm@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
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- In article <1k1gl2INNaqm@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch) writes:
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- >"Safe sex" is really an epidemiological concept. If EVERYONE used latex
- >condoms every time, then there would not be an AIDS epidemic, period.
- >That's pretty darned safe. Promotion of condom usage now could save
- >millions of lives in the next decade or two, even though condoms are
- >imperfect.
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- This is assuming that AIDS is only transmitted through sexual intercourse.
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- Reminds me of the three junkies passing around a needle, and a fourth
- guy walks over and tells them that's dangerous, and one looks up and
- says "Oh, it's OK. We're all wearing condoms."
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- Nance Colucci att!ihlpl!colucci
- "I'm not absolutely sure I want to do ANYTHING, so quit asking."
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