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1-19-2008 9:11 PM407 views
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“It’s really meant to be used to mean all inclusive, including the men-who-have-sex-with-men population,” he said.
“It’s not just gay people that get it,” he said. “You can get it anywhere.”
Indeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, which helped finance the study, affirmed on Wednesday that the disease was not sexually transmitted or limited to a certain type of person. It is transmitted through skin-to-skin contact, the agency said in a statement, and is widespread in hospitals and among hospital workers.
“These infections occur in men, women, adults, children and persons of all races and sexual orientations,” the statement read, adding that while the particular strain identified in the report had been found in gay men, it had also been found in people who were not gay. (NYT)
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1-19-2008 9:23 PM
mickfinn
I posted a clip about this subject last week. Now the story has broadened, the lights have come on, and the urge to condemn is stilled. I hope.
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