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Re: A Veto's Victims

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From: Adrian Tymes
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 19:26
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In <KMDAVIS.94Jul22082517@netcom13.netcom.com> kmdavis@netcom.com (Karen M. Davis) writes:

[debate about needle-exchange programs and story of Alice dying because of AIDS
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>The catch? Joe (Alice's husband) died of coronary artery disease about 5 years
>ago.  In the early 80's, he'd had quadruple-bypass surgery, and used a *lot*
>of anonymous donor blood.  He died of a heart attack before he developed AIDS,
>so no one (inlcuding his wife), knew he was infected :-(

>Meatheads like you need to get your brains out of your posteriors - this is no
>longer a "gay" or "drug user" disease - it has escaped into the general
>populace, and will kill us all at the rate things are going.  By the way, I
>support not only needle exchanges, but also old-fashioned *quarantine* for
>HIV+/AIDS people who refuse to take necessary precautions to avoid infecting
>others. (And that #@%@#$%^ in San Jose who raped his 7 year old step daughter,
>infecting her, should be burned alive on the steps of the local prison as an
>example to others!)

Err, what does the Joe/Alice story have to do with a needle exchange program?
It would not have helped them.
--
uwingcat@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu
Note: all opinions are the author's own...
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From: uwingcat@mcl.ucsb.edu (Adrian Tymes)
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Subject: Re: A Veto's Victims
Date: 22 Jul 1994 19:26:49 GMT
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