Ottawa [CUP] - Ignorance, hysteria, and media misinfor- mation have made Canadians unnecessarily fearful of con- tracting acquired immune de- fiency syndrome, says AIDS experts. Although the public has been falsely warned that the virus can be transmitted through saliva, tears, shaking hands, or toilet seats, the syndrome cannot be contract- ed through such casual con- tact, said Alastair Clayton of the national advisory commit- tee on AIDS. “‘There’s an immense lack of understanding about the disease. People are not pre- pared to accept the fact that it can not be transmitted through any of those ways,’’ he said. ‘‘There have been no cases ‘of transmission through those methods,’’ he said. The national advisory com- mittee, as well as promoting research on the disease, alsc maintains a public education campaign. The committee dis- tributed thousands of AIDS fact brochures to university and college students this September through orientat; ion kits. : The AIDS virus renders white blood cells useless, making the body unable to fight infections. According to latest statistics available from AIDS Committee of Toronto, 322 cases have been diagnos- ed to date in Canada. Of those, 164 are still alive. Because of improvements in screening blood, people who use large quantities of blood or blood products, such as hemophiliacs, will soon have little cause to worry in a few years, according to Phil Shaw of the AIDS Committee of Toronto. “The system is now safe. The incidence rate will fall off to nothing in a few years,’’ he said. Ending’ the crisis will be impossible if people follow advice such as that advocated by Barbara Amiel, the syn- dicated columnist who recent- ly called for the quarantine of AIDS patients. Shaw said quarantine is a “19th century solution to a 20th century problem.’’ Clayton said quarantines would not be considered be- cause AIDS is not an infect- ious disease, . ‘‘Why would you want to quarantine. someone with a sexually transmitted disease? ‘We would never even con- sider it as a possible solu- tion,’’ he said. ; Because the virus is ‘‘ex- tremely fragile’’ when outside the body, no family members, friends, or nurses have con- : the virus® said Jean-Marie Depuy, director of AIDS re- search at the Institute. According to the video, there are three ways - of spreading the virus: sexually, parentally, and through blood Come join us for a Grey Cup Party on Sunday morning November 24th 10:30 pm Delicious brunch for only $3% tracted - through “every-_. day’ contaét; witha vietim of © CHICKEN BROCHETTE Bonless chicken along with mushrooms, green pepper and onions, marinated in a very special the Other Press Factsabout AID transfusions. The video sug- gested that to prevent the disease, people should re- strict sexual partners to a minimum, avoid anal sex, and use condoms. Gay rights groups maintain anal sex is safe as long as partners use condoms. Beaulieu said media cover- age has contributed to AIDS hysteria. ‘‘Il don’t think cover- age is getting any better. Newspapers. know if they have AIDS in a headline they can sell papers,’’ he said. Gay men and Haitians have wrongly isolated by the media as high risk groups, he said. “There is no risk group. There are only risk factors. The media was trying to find guilt and it was very easy for them to pin it on two minor- ities,’’ he said. A fifteen-minute video re- leased in October by the Armand Frappier Institute in Montreal shows Canadians run far more risk of dying in a car accident than contracting AIDS. Last year, 322 children died in car accidents, while over five years 18 children have contracted AIDS, ac- cording to the video. 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