Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As a physician,and infectious disease specialist, I want to concur with BD's statement, and conclusions, based on his long and expert experience, that mosquitos no more spread AIDS than they use Leicas. Let's stick to images and the leica.....Steve - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 7:05 AM Subject: [Leica] DR. BLACKTAPE IS TRULY HORRIFIED - but not surprised - > ...that 20 years into the AIDS epidemic someone would still be repeating > this canard in any form... > > There is NO evidence, anywhere, that AIDS can be spread by mosquitos or > any other form of insect. PERIOD. > > Were AIDS spread by mosquitos, there would be 10s of millions of > infected children with non-infected parents - AND THERE ARE NOT; there > would be 10s of millions of infected adults who never had sex with, > shared a needle with, or received blood from an infected individual - > AND THERE ARE NOT. > > How about sticking to photography, folks - something the people on this > list know something about? > > > (And while it's true I only play a Doctor on the LUG, I was a newspaper > medical writer for 17 years and covered AIDS on a regular basis > beginning with the publication of the first reports in the summer of > '81.) > > > > > Henryp@bhphotovideo.com wrote: > > > > At 07:27 PM 07/15/2001, you wrote: > > >Years later I noticed in a report that the area around that lake had an > > >unusually high incidence of AIDS. I'm told (but have trouble believing ) > > >that mosquitoes aren't a vector for that disease. Still I'm glad we escaped > > >with only a few score punctures... > > > > > <<MY OPINION, not my employer's>> > > > > hp