Mess, I found a thread from 1986 where they're discussing AIDS. The sheer homophobia.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?nom...en/sI1ETPXOpyc
Although some of these are making me cackle, one guy thinks it was spread by insects
A different and more alarming speculation for the widespread heterosexual
occurence of AIDS in Africa (and Hatti) with a similar frequency among
men and women is a possible insect vector, perhaps some species of
mosquito. This was mentioned in a fairly recent issue of SCIENCE. I
think it was also put forward to explain a geographically and temporally
concentrated group of AIDS cases in a small Florida town in a swampy area.
It certainly sounds plausable to my inexpert ears. Does anyone know
any more about this?
Ed Turner
astrovax!elt
AIDS must been so terrifying back then, especially for gays