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To: sweetliberty
Please know what you're talking about so you don't perpetuate myth and ignorance.

The Rolling Stone story that's referenced in the link you posted was debunked before it even hit the newsstands. The writer admitted that the character he profiled was mostly a fictionalization of mere anecdotes he'd heard second hand, and the doctor who was cited as the basis of the "25% of new infections from bug chasing" completely denied he said anything of the sort.

All this is well known by now, but apparently for those who want to slander and promote bigotry, the truth is no obstacle to spreading bellicose rhetoric.

117 posted on 07/13/2003 6:53:34 PM PDT by tdadams
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To: tdadams
The article states that he changed the 25% but still said the rate is higher than people think. Show any other proof that the story has been debunked or that the websites mentioned in the Rolling Stone don't exist and promote "bug chasing".
119 posted on 07/13/2003 6:57:41 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
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