Word: transmiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unrealistic to believe that once someone acquires AIDS, we will ever be able to get rid of it, but we may suppress it and we may stop their ability to transmit the disease," he said. "That's our goal...
...option for stopping the spread of AIDS. This is far from saying the situation is hopeless, however, for if we are truly interested in stopping the spread of AIDS there are effective measures that can be taken. The first is education of people on the activities that transmit the virus--all of which involve the exchange of bodily fluids--and encouraging people to avoid them. This would include the use of condoms (which would also deal with the issue of prostitutes acquiring or transmitting the virus), widespread publicity about "safer sex" techniques, and over-the-counter sale of sterile needles...
...that AIDS can be spread by spitting, prosecutors claim that Richards nevertheless believed he could have infected the officers. Robert Weiss, the chief prosecutor, compared Richards to an assailant armed with a defective gun. Notes University of Michigan Law Professor Yale Kamisar: "If the person really believed he could transmit a deadly disease by spitting at someone, then one could make a case that he is liable for prosecution...
...Lesbian Students' Association, The Crimson has distorted Cameron's remarks over and over, with the distortions getting worse each time. The truth is that Cameron advocated only a quarantine of victims of AIDS, and explained that the various practices of male homosexuals, prostitutes, and intravenous drug abusers tend to transmit diseases such as AIDS. The U.S. Army has already taken the step of discharging AIDS victims and restricting those with the AIDS virus, and the gay community in the U.S. has recognized the health hazards of certain sexual practices and has taken admirable steps to discourage these practices. Seen...
...prevention is a rational campaign to educate our citizens, both within and without so-called "high-risk" groups, as to what is known of the epidemiology of the HTLV-III virus. Dr. Ho, Dr. Forstein, and Prof. Brandt all stressed that the virus is extremely fragile and difficult to transmit. In ten million person-hours of medical care, said Dr. Forstein, including care before the HTLV-III virus was identified and medical workers began to take simple precautions, not one case of casual transmission has ever been recorded. The virus is transmitted only when one person's bodily fluids...