Straight talk from a Dutch uncle. (Surgeon General C. Everett Koop briefs the press on AIDS booklet) From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: May 16, 1988 | COPYRIGHT 1988 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Straight talk from a Dutch uncle

Coming to your mailbox soon: An explicit, eight-page AIDS brochure with advice on how to protect yourself from exposure to the virus (including condom use); why to be concerned ("everyone" is at risk), but why not to panic (it isn't spread by mosquitoes, toilet seats or kissing). Indeed, a study released last week found that saliva seems to deactivate the virus. After a year and a half of haggling over what it should say, or even if i...