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Other allergies abound, including one surprisingly associated with the aids epidemic: sensitivity to latex gloves, which are being worn in increasing numbers by health workers to guard against infection by the deadly virus. Latex, it seems, contains an allergen that can produce reactions as drastic as anaphylactic shock in allergy-prone people...
...meet the need for condoms, population bureaucrats are pressing the nation's latex industry to stretch output quickly by 100 million, to a peak of 1.5 billion a year. Check off one more victory for the forces of supply and demand over central planning...
...should wear a lubricated latex condom. Most brands contain the spermicide nonoxynol-9, which also kills the AIDS virus. Lambskin condoms will not do the job since the virus can pass through the porous natural membrane...
...Males receiving it should wear a latex condom. When the woman is the receiving partner, a dental dam should be used. That is a square piece of latex placed over the vaginal area. Many pharmacies now carry dams, a nonprescription item, on racks next to condoms...
Never before would we dare question the effectual (LOVE NOW!! LOVE CAREFULLY!! LOVE WITH LATEX!! NO GLOVE, NO LOVE!!!) mechanics of our linguistic structure, for fear of its very demise...