arndt@lymph.DEC (08/03/85)
Delta agent first started appearing in the technical literature last fall (to the best of my knowledge). It seems to be a virus associated with Hep B, it appears to need it to multiply or something. As for it being a "heterosexual" epidemic why who is that "high risk group" so coyly mentioned in the public health notices as in, "if you are a member of a high risk group"? Again, I'm speaking of homosexuals as a VECTOR for the disease because of their behavior patterns not that loving your fellow man causes Hep B. Glad to see a few of you here and in the larger media saying things like "swinging" from flower to flower can be dangerous to your health. Even Ray now thinks twice about playing the whore (his Calif. trip report - it was Ray, wasn't it?) although lately it seems he attributes it to a sense of maturity about his relationships. Ole Dr. Tim Johnson (a local star and ABC medical consultant) made the statement the other night on the telly - so it must be real - that the best kind of "protective" behavior is to be monogamous. It seems there's an AIDS program on every other channel every night, doesn't it. And the tip of the iceberg is all that's showing! The more the media tries to 'educate' John Q. Public that it's all right the more people pull back from risk of exposure or what THEY perceive as risk of exposure. One doctor on the same program with Dr. Tim stated that a person should stay away from sperm (beware the sperm of strangers!) since it has happened that several women have contracted the virus through art sem programs. Soon it will be a crime to stay in the stall of a public washroom for more than three minutes. With all the talk about the AIDS virus moving to the hets it's still very largely a homosexually vectored disease! What happens when we have 500k with it in this country and who knows how many in other countries? They are already talking about millions in the U.S. exposed (all those Bi's you claim to see behind every bush, eh?) When health care systems break down under the load and costs go through the roof and the hets have to pay and pay for it? But you see the problem is not just AIDS. It's a whole raft of diseases that come in the door (dare I say the back door) from homosexual sexual practices. How much do you have to take before it becomes clear that 'nature' doesn't allow that the rectum is a sexual organ? I then ask what are you left with? The bend of elbows or knees?? And of course the other, ha ha. The statement that certain homosexual practices are 'unnatural' doesn't look so far out now, does it? Ahhhhh, there I've gone and done it again. Trying to make you feel bad. Sigh. If only I were the cause, the solution would be so simple. If you asked, I'd really go away. I'd like to hear a homosexual on the net discuss the pros and cons of what I've said about homosexual sexual practices in light of recent (and future) events. Already my long ago (on the net) suggestion of questioning the virtue of the 'sexual revolution' (dixie cuppin' in the bars) seems to be the accepted position in the homosexual world view from fear if not from conviction. Hope they soon come up with a cure, I felt really bad about Rock Hudson. What a waste of a human being. But if the disease is 'epidemic' because of homosexual sexual practices doesn't that make YOU responsible for the suffering and deaths within and without the homosexual community?? The number of intrav drug users, etc is very small compared to the number of homosexuals infected. It IS largely homosexual BEHAVIOR that is spreading the disease (the certain kinds), you don't get if from playing Scruples. Remember, I still lov ya even if I think you're wrong. When are we (in the Boston area) gettin' together?? Well, safe sex guys. Regards, Ken Arndt