dlt@csun.UUCP (Dave Thompson) (09/18/86)
I wish that I'd been paying a little more attention to the news last night, but
anyway I missed the beginning of a segment with a doctor (presumably, medical--
I didn't get his name) that was speaking on behalf of the LaRouchian contingent.
In spite of the current medical research into transmission of the disease, he
stipulated in no uncertain terms, that AIDS is a danger to the general popula-
tion. Insects (i.e. mosquitos) and air readily transmit the disease, he says.
This in spite of the evidence that we have been told about recently. Nowhere
in this brief segment was there anything suggesting that he was especially
qualified to make such statements--simply that he was a doctor. He cited no
research, just stated his opinions as facts. He was, of course, pro-Proposition
64.
It is rather scary that the newstation (KABC-LosAngeles) will present a segment
without challenging what this person is saying. People may very well believe
him simply because it is easier to be afraid of something than to arrive at
an informed judgement. One might expect to have both sides represented in an
issue as explosive as this one is becomming. At least one might then have
some hope of separating the wheat from the chaff.
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