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...sensationalistic book guaranteed to punch panic buttons across the nation, Sex Therapists Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson triggered an uproar in the scientific community. Contrary to accepted wisdom and to all that is so far known by medicine, they claim the "AIDS virus is now running rampant in the heterosexual community" and can be transmitted through casual contact. Says Masters: "We are sounding an important warning. A lot of people think we are not in a serious situation. We think...
...infection. About .2% of the 8.8 million blood donors screened each year by the American Red Cross are infected. "AIDS is making some encroachments into the heterosexual community," says Dr. Douglas Dieterich of New York University Medical Center. "But it is grossly exaggerated to claim that it is running rampant...
...Africa, where it is estimated that more than 2 million people have been infected with the AIDS virus, the disease strikes men and women equally. AIDS is spread among adult Africans primarily by vaginal intercourse, and it is rampant in the large, overcrowded cities of central and western Africa. Most AIDS researchers, however, now dismiss the suggestion that Africa might serve as a model for the heterosexual spread of AIDS in the U.S. For one thing, promiscuity and prostitution are common in parts of Africa, and general standards of hygiene and medical care are low. Scientists believe widespread venereal diseases...
MEDICINE: Is the AIDS virus running rampant in the heterosexual population...
...thought it would be a good idea to throw a bunch of actors into the Adams House swimming pool and charge people to watch them splash around. Mark Prascak, having toweled off from Peerless Gynt, is at it again with David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, and his aimless, rampant creativity detracts from an excellent script and some enjoyable acting...