Uh, yeah, some people with CFIDS are gay

[Guest guest]

Um. . .can I just point out that the following post is completely homophobic?

AIDS is not a gay disease already! It is now the number one killer in

Africa, surpassing famine and war as the greatest cause of death. Gay men

are in fact one of the ONLY populations who, because of tremendous grassroots

prevention efforts and the horror of seeing so many people die, have been

able to keep their prevelance rates in check. And the assumption that CFIDS

patients would not be gay, well, offends me personally, and probably offends

others on this list. The reason it might not look like gay people don't get

CFIDS, or black people, or poor people, is because there are some people who

are so medically disenfranchised that they are not getting even the crappy

level of CFIDS medical care that many of us on this list are getting.

Peggy

In a message dated 8/16/00 12:34:28 AM, egroups writes:

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> -

>

> Oh, your thought is not so weird - from the attention, and positive

> results, Ampligen is getting from AIDS victims, Ampligen will

probably be

> FDA approved for AIDS long before it is approved (if ever) for

CFS... So

> if we want our local hospital to be enabled to administer Ampligen

to cure

> our CFS, we may indeed have to go " running out " and get AIDS...

Problem is,

> I'm not gay, and don't think you are either, nor are most CFS

patients, so

> guess we will have to find an AIDS patient who is willing to give

us a

> blood drop or two.. >>