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. CONDOMS STOP AIDS VIRUS
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. Uploaded by Bob K.
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. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco,
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recently proved in laboratory tests that condoms can stop the AIDS
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virus. The virus cannot penetrate the condom material of either latex
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or natural skin condoms unless the condoms are ruptured.
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The USCF condom study was commissioned by the San Francisco AIDS
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Foundation and was carried out by well-known AIDS researchers Dr.
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Marcus Conant, Associate Professor of Dermatology and Dr. Jay Levy,
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virologist and pioneer researcher on the AIDS associated retrovirus.
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The findings were made public in a press conference held in San
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Francisco on December 17, 1985.
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The AIDS condom study was patterned after a study conducted by Dr.
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Conant in 1983 which demonstrated that the herpes virus could not pass
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through condoms. Five brands of commercially available condoms,
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purchased at a local drug store (three were made of latex, one of
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natural lamb skin and one of synthetic skin) were tested in Dr. Levy's
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USCF laboratory.
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-More-
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Approximately a teaspoon of fluid containing high concentration of
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live AIDS viruses was pumped under pressure into each condom. The
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outside of the condoms were then dipped into a virus-free culture fluid
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for 30 minutes, and the culture fluid was tested continually over a
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three-week period. No viruses were present in the culture fluid even
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after this extensive testing period. The condoms, as expected,
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completely stopped the passage of AIDS viruses.
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"The data confirm our long standing Safe Sex Guide-lines," state
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Tim Wolfred, Executive Director of the AIDS Foundation. The Foundation
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has for some time promoted the use of condoms to prevent
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AIDS-transmission, based on previous tests which proved condoms could
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stop herpes simplex, gonorrhea, syphilis and CMV. According to Jackson
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Peyton, the Foundation's Education Director, "We now have the
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scientific evidence that condoms prevent AIDS-transmission as well as
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prevent other sexually-transmitted diseases."
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In a new series of ads for the San Francisco gay press, the SFAF is
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warning that unprotected anal sex is the chief cause of AIDS
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transmission in America, and that condoms are essential for the safety
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of anal sex. Condoms are also being recommended for oral sex.
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--- TBBS v2.0
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* Origin: UTOPIAN (516-842-7518) Spread the FACTS ... Not the Fear.
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