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Such prescriptions are likely to be even more controversial than the Surgeon General's insistence that the public be taught about condom use and other safe-sex techniques. Yet such radical proposals are directed precisely to where the danger is now greatest. The alarm over AIDS and its potential spread into the heterosexual population has served to warn the public of its virulence and concentrate government attention on research and prevention. But now it is important to calm the fears of those who are not at great risk and provide help and education to those...
...only known protection against the AIDS virus and other venereal diseases is abstinence or the use of a condom. The AIDS virus can only be transmitted through semen and blood. Because one can never be assured of being free of the smallest lesions in the mouth, anus, or vagina, consistent use of a latex condom is recommended...
...best possible protection a condom should be used correctly during all acts of sexual intimacy to avoid breakage and spillage. A condom should be used before any acts of intimacy occur; this includes oral, anal and vaginal...
...always reflect reality. With AIDS on the rise and many prisoners in the high-risk group of intravenous drug users, the danger of an epidemic among convicts is real. The state of Vermont confronted the threat last month, when Governor Madeleine Kunin approved a policy of giving a condom to any prisoner who requested...
...fashion the world's largest sand castle. "But it's keeping them out of trouble." One sign of the times: the fear of AIDS injected a note of caution to the usual sex-charged atmosphere of spring break. Comic Jay Leno drew cheers by noting that it was "National Condom Week," and the island's lone druggist, Ed Walsh, reported a brisk business in the ten brands he stocks...