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Spotlight Friday, September 20, 1985 H ) THE GAMECOCK AIDS probi By WENDY PRICE Staff writs? In South Carolina, AIDS has taken its toll. Thirty-two people have been infected by the deadly AIDS virus; 22 of those people have died. That number may seem relatively small in comparison to national statistics, but, nevertheless, the disease continues to be a powerful force. AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is a highly transmissible disease and one that usually takes two years to surface after exposure. Tony Price, AIDS educator for the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, spoke Monday at a fnrnm nn oav hrnlth ittnrc ,W,W,M v" O"/ """""" Pricc said "there is a cause for rational concern" about the spread of AIDS in South Carolina. He said panic and hysteria will accomplish nothing. Joe Ricker, president of the Oay Student Association, also spoke during the forum. "There is a concern about | AIDS in GSA, but not to the ' point people arc obsessed with it. 1 do not stay up nights worrying about it/' he said. The origin of AIDS follows the natural path of other diseases. Scientists suspcct AIDS originated in African monkeys and somehow was I j Regatta: . , v./,' ' # % iCjr f rf*<^ i* J ' Bill IIIL5 IIUIII AID S ? |'M( Vj^B4 & UMn 5 - JBSMF5 -S^BS- fe ' . AH Hk Tony Prica diicunea AIDS at the Gay transmitted to humans. Several factors in Africa contributed to the wide spread of the disease throughout the country. Among these arc indiscriminate sexual activity or poor health standards allowing repeated use of a single needle on many people. Newsweek reports that AIDS passed from the Africans to the Caribbean, where American homosexuals visiting Haiti contracted the \ROLINA SAI , Certifiec \ Professio Oct. 5 Aw <3 \ ^iV^S^ 'HR^^Hhf^'y>l ' X'OA W^VJHAiS fflL 4l ^8r_5 9 - jKSpBHP*1 i/' T &FI^HHBEIHw. Jfl^BsH MgHg^ jJsb^l ,^?b -V^l^I Bpt nln . yc : at tuc nt r Sta< 16, affects i i JOE RICKERlTht Gmwcock Student Association meeting Monday. disease. In Africa the disease has occurred equally in both men and women. In the United States, according to studies by the Centers for Disease Control, 73 percent of AIDS victims arc homosexual or bisexual men, 17 percent arc intravenous drug users, 1.5 percent arc blood transfusion patients, I percent arc hemophiliacs, and 1 percent arc heterosexuals who have had sexual relations ling And J J Sailboard nal Sales Ai ' l / / i 711 Elmw Exhibitio < * ^v^ChI ^%?1M ' ' ???_ \irspgZ*>? -Ax r FOOTBALL TICKE rchased football tickets to away g on Rosewood Drive between 6.3C Ir tickets. You must present a curr ket. der: To be admitted Into the Stadli >u must present a current 1086 Fall the Gate. lent guest with a validation ticket i nust present a current 1986 Fall Ft Hum. .... iniversity 1 with infected people. ! The chancc of exposure through blood transfusion is very low. Originally, the number of infections caused by transfusions was a few hundred. Today, almost all donation* arc hcinu anH homosexual and bisexual men across the nation have been asked not to donate blood. Price said this message has been well communicated i throughout the gay community. CDC data shows that homosexual and bisexual men have the highest risk of exposure to the AIDS virus. However, although gays arc a high-risk group, the disease is not confined to the gay community. "AIDS has no sexual r\mfnmr\nt* Ic a coviialli/ |/l VIVI VMVVf / 1.9 U ,}V>AUUII J transmitted disease. It is not the gay disease or the gay plague," Price said. Not everybody has been able to understand this point. In 1983, White House staff member Patrick Buchanan said, "The poor homosexuals. They have declared war on nature and now nature is exacting an awful retribution." The widespread publicity associated with AIDS has created a need for better education at USC. Open Door, the student health See "AIDS," page 6. Sport Instruction nd Service I ^65-2934 'ood Ave. n: Oct. 6 r. L - i ^ x.', *"a , ,t^ggy> x.. ame? In April 1985 should come to . ^ " IW ""^1 g'firt n m fci/MiHax thru H / U.IIV. CXI IV* S/.V/U p.m., IflWIIVM^ MH%C ent Fall 1085 Full Time Student ID urn for Home football games with a Full Time Student ID card with your Tiust be accompanied by a student ill Time Student ID card to be admit Public school i become debat By STEPHEN C. GUILFOYLE Stall writer Children afflicted with AIDS and the was the topic of discussion Wednesday fc Debating Society. Tony Price, a health educator with the and Environmental Control, said in his o| was first detected in the United States in about AIDS. His main argument was there is no evi< fears" that the virus can be transmitted "The Atlanta Centers for Disease Con! available, recommends that the cases of <, AIDS virus) should be dealt with on a ca? rights of children to education should be Society member Rory Whclchan, spo said because AIDS is a relatively new vii justify risking the health of school childi "The doctors who are right now learn state that the virus is not transmitted thro ~~ .1 I. ?r a tiu1 c u aiiu uiiisiivjwiii 01 iar ouiweign said. In a rebuttal, Price said while there i AIDS, there is also uncertainty in all a: there were no documented cases of Al contact, "Though AIDS is found in certain bo< it is a means of transmission. Tears, swe virus, but this does not mean they can trs Whelchan said the facts arc not 100-p< ed whether the margin of error allows f risk. "They arc the most innocent and vuln< A i I A I. *1 f I 1 A nun, aim wc cannot risK incm, nc smu In open-floor debate, junior Mike Jasj deciding who holds the burden of proof "The burden lies with the people wh school. Let them prove that their child's to others," Jasper said. Sophomore Stcphan Sen disagreed wi I SHYDI Wr a Landings ' '. 1' 1st Jump Classes " Certified Instructors FUN - ADVENTURE EXCITEMENT! 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(the >e-by-casc basis, and thai the ; unrestricted," Price said, kesman for the opposition, rus, not enough is known to rcn. ing to fight the virus cannot ugh casual contact. The risks what is known," Whclchan s uncertainty in the risks of spccts of life. He again said DS acquired through casual jy fluids, that docs not mean ai ana sanva can contain me ansmit the virus," F'rice said. :rccnt accuratc and qucstionor putting school children at irable segment of the populaI. per said the real question is in 10 want the AIDS victims in illness will not be transmitted ith Jasper, saying the burden See "Athenian," page 6. IVCI I 2fih\ ,, )bster iging LtDVOll latter. Tastes of America, ste* that make America great nbinatlon platters i Platter. h Snow Crab Meat, Salmon Fillet i Platter. d, Farm-raised Catfish, mp In the Round a Platter. Bavou-stvle Seafood C.nmho iea Snapper. ind Platter. 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