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Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, as you know, to date 18 western countries are experiencing tremendous problems among male homosexuals, bisexuals and IV drug users. So far, the epidemic is uncontrolled and no vaccine or chemical therapeutic agents have prevented infection or reduced infectivity. One of our major concerns is preventing the spread of AIDS into the general population. In this view, the extreme attitudes which consist either of dogmatically negating bidirectional transmission of the AIDS virus, or of hysterical concern over serious limitations of a civil right, need to be balanced by an accurate perception of risk to heterosexuals. From this perspective, the question is, will western civilization survive an AIDS epidemic?
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Clumeck, N. (1986). Keynote Address: Heterosexual Transmission: Fear or Reality. In: Hummel, R.F., Leavy, W.F., Rampolla, M., Chorost, S. (eds) AIDS Impact on Public Policy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9489-5_2
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