Word: viruses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...project was a special milestone. Her first child, Nathaniel, was born in August. Ever since, Wallis, who is on maternity leave, has been in and out of the office, often with baby in tow, completing the story. How does motherhood compare with delving into the mysteries of the virus? "It's harder," says Wallis. "I didn't think any job had longer hours than writing for TIME. But a new mother's schedule is even worse...
...foreword to his report on AIDS, U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop has some blunt words of advice for Americans: "If you are participating in activities that could expose you to the AIDS virus, this report could save your life." The Surgeon General is not exaggerating, as the 36-page booklet confirms in most explicit terms. Some pertinent excerpts...
...Although the AIDS virus is found in several body fluids, a person acquires the virus during sexual contact with an infected person's blood or semen and possibly vaginal secretions . . . Small (unseen by the naked eye) tears in the surface lining of the vagina or rectum may occur during insertion of the penis, fingers or other objects, thus opening an avenue for entrance of the virus directly into the blood stream; therefore, the AIDS virus can be passed from penis to rectum and vagina and vice versa without a visible tear in the tissue or the presence of blood...
...Unless it is possible to know with absolute certainty that neither you nor your sexual partner is carrying the virus of AIDS, you must use protective behavior. Absolute certainty means not only that you and your partner have (had) a mutually faithful monogamous sexual relationship (for at least five years), but . . . that neither you nor your partner has used illegal intravenous drugs...
...risk of infection increases according to the number of sexual partners one has, male or female. The more partners you have, the greater the risk of becoming infected with the AIDS virus...