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Researchers have known for some time that people may harbor the AIDS virus without showing symptoms or even producing telltale antibodies. But the duration of such latent infections has been uncertain. Now a study has shown that some people may carry the AIDS virus for three years or longer without its being detected by widely used antibody screening tests. If the results are confirmed, they could mean that latent AIDS infection is more common than was once believed...
...produced antibodies up to three years after the virus was detected. While the study raises questions about the effectiveness of current screening tests, which zero in on AIDS antibodies and not the virus itself, there is a bright side: some infected people may remain healthy for longer than was previously thought...
Revampers also bent over backward to avoid offending other constituencies. In Have Thine Own Way, Lord, sinners no longer ask Jesus to wash them "whiter than snow," because of objections from blacks. In Wesley's O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing, editors originally dropped a verse proclaiming the spiritual uplifting of the "dumb" and the "lame," lest the handicapped take umbrage. They later restored the words, but suggest in a footnote that the stanza may be omitted...
Feminist clout also shows up in the book's liturgical section. In the new wedding ritual, for example, the father no longer gives away the bride. Another change in worship concerns the Lord's Supper. The abstemious Methodists specified in their 1966 hymnal that only "the pure unfermented juice of the grape shall be used." Teetotalers attending last year's Methodist conference failed to get that clause inscribed into church law, and the new hymnal omits the rule. So congregations may use wine if they wish, but most Methodists still opt for grape juice. Score one for tradition...
...still be King, but "sons of men" no longer hail Easter, nor do Christmas angels promise peace to "men on earth." And you can forget God of our Fathers...