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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
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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
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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
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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
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percent arc hemophiliacs, and
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through blood transfusion is
very low. Originally, the
number of infections caused
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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