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Re:Parents coordinate trading of chicken pox-laced goods via... by alexholehouse on Saturday November 05, 2011 @01:40PM (#3200330)
I mean, famously the popular press and internet provide a totally infallible account of information.

Here's the scoop. I did take undergraduate biology courses. I studied biochemistry to bachelors and masters degree level, and I can tell you for absolutely nothing that the "popular media's" interpretation of science is pretty frequently bordering irresponsible. The media is there to sell papers.

Your analysis of the need-case for an AIDS (and HPV) vaccine is ignorant and frankly offensive.

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Re:Parents coordinate trading of chicken pox-laced goods via... by dogfu on Saturday November 05, 2011 @01:53PM (#3200376)
How is preventing aids by not engaging in man on man encounters and shooting illegal drugs ignorant and offensive?
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Re:Parents coordinate trading of chicken pox-laced goods via... by scythe on Saturday November 05, 2011 @02:11PM (#3200429)
Well, aside from being completely false...

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm

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Re:Parents coordinate trading of chicken pox-laced goods via... by Mz on Saturday November 05, 2011 @02:01PM (#3200399)
For starters, blatant homophobia. Risk of AIDS is hardly limited to illegal drug users and gays. Medical professionals and police officers are fairly often exposed to blood (and other bodily fluids), either accidentally or intentionally, in the process of dealing professionally with people at higher than normal risk of carrying AIDS (or other infectious agents).
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Re:Parents coordinate trading of chicken pox-laced goods via... by alexholehouse on Saturday November 05, 2011 @02:00PM (#3200396)
I think I'm done here.
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Re:Parents coordinate trading of chicken pox-laced goods via... by dogfu on Saturday November 05, 2011 @02:20PM (#3200465)
Yeah, whole thread is going downhill fast. Sorry.
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