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- From: bv426@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steven A. Kendrick)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: RE:re Just say NO
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 01:36:43 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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- gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
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- >> While I'm sure you're doing so for a good motive, it's not
- >> wise to spread disinformation for any reason. The
- >> amyl-nitrate/drug 'cause' of aids was put around by *one*
- >> man, who is a homophobic bigot specifically trying to confine
- >> the problem to homosexuals and drug addicts. Haven't heard
- >> much more about him since there was a significant crossover
- >> into the non-drug-abusing straight population.
- >>
- >> Amyl nitrates may well have deliterious efects on the body
- >> but there is *no* proven, suspected, or even posited (by
- >> anyone else) connection with Aids. Sufficient research has
- >> been done by many many groups by now that we'd know if
- >> there was.
-
- FACTS:
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- 1) Any toxin that passes thru the hhepatic portal system is likely to
- cause immune impairment: This includes, but is not limited to
- alcohol, poppers, solvents, et al. The Jury is out about
- marijuana, since it is metabolized thru a different pathway
- (1 setp carboxylation vs. multistep oxidation, producing a
- non-membrane-permeable metabolite)
-
- 2) It is true about the 1 person being the "poppers causing GRID"
- theory. This does NOT, however, discredit any LINKING FACTOR
- or COFACTOR role for amyl nitrate, and there were some interesting
- studies of this effect before the "Discovery" of HTVLV3/HIV.
-
- 3) Consequently, this research was abandoned -- also, there was never
- ANY study of the role of cell mediated immune response, which
- is telling, since CMIR may play the #1 role in preventing sero
- conversion in men who continue to have risk behavior.
-
- 4) Ten years later, there is STILL no vaccine or a good
- understanding of hiv epidemeology, pathenogenis, et al...
-
- And that is because no ONE "magic bullet" will solve the problem.
- In fact, the indicators point to most cncers and auto-/deficient-
- immune disease arise from modern & industrial causes.
-
- So, the choice is yours. You can dismiss my arguments as
- "unwarranted" or "unproven thru research" and continue to indulge
- in amyl nitrate or whatever and hope that the thin skin of a latex
- condom will keep you healthy.
-
- I don't have that choice. I have cfids. I take care of my
- teetering immune system as best I can and keep the pollutan out
- of my space. My friends living with AIDS do the same. Do you
- need INDEFATIGABLE PROOF published in journals or isn't COMMON
- SENSE enough?
-
- s. kendrick (bv426@freenet.cwru.edu)
-