A Calm Look At Aids

July, 1987

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.--Bertrand Russell, "An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish""AIDS will never become an overwhelming danger to the general public," Dr. Robert C. Gallo said to me in February 1987. Dr. Gallo is the codiscoverer of the AIDS virus and the chief of the National Cancer Institute's Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology at the National Institutes of Health. He has the f...

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