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I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />suppress the virus or treat secondary infections that AIDS patients acquire as <br />a result of their failed immune systems. Education and preventive measures are <br />the only weapons available to public health officials at this time to abate <br />this epidemic. <br /> <br /> lhe Centers for Disease Control and the Minnesota Department of Health <br />have recommended various public health efforts which can be employed to reduce <br />the risk of HIV transmission in our community. One such recommendation, made <br />by the Centers for Disease Control, is to identify those businesses or <br />establishments operated wholly or in part to provide opportunities for high- <br />risk sexual behavior and eliminate the dangers that they pose to the <br />community. This includes limiting the opportunity for at-risk people to <br />engage in high-risk sexual activity (particularly anal intercourse) with <br />multiple sexual partners at such establishments. We support this approach and <br />believe that it is consistent wi'th the recommendations of various national <br />organizations and governmental bodies dealing with the AIDS epidemic. <br />Furthermore, this approach has the potential for minimizing the total number <br />of persons infected with HIV in the State of Minnesota, which is the primary <br />goal of public health preventive measures. <br /> <br /> ' <br /> <br />Michael l. Osterholm, Ph.D., M.P.H. Kr~tine- L. M~c~Do~ald, M.D. <br />State Epidemiologist and Chief Assistant State Epidemiologist <br />Acute Disease Epidemiology Section Acute Disease Epidemiology Section <br /> <br />Mi e ctor <br />Dis6ase Prevention & Control Division <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />/70 <br /> <br /> <br />