European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 19bb the stars and stripes Page 9 special tells everything about aids Koop gives Frank answers to americans questions Janet d Agostino medial writer people do Mil catch aids from toilet seats Tele phones manicures sweaty to shirts swimming pools hot tubs or from casual non sexual Contact. Surgeon general or. C. Everyll Kemp hammers Home this message in a television special entitled everything you and your family need to know about aids Bui were afraid to ask showing on an today at 10 00 . Koop answers openly and honestly the often delicate and potentially embarrassing questions americans asked most frequently about aids during on the Street and phone interviews for inc special produced by Home Box office. When the question is. Can you get aids by kiss int Koop responds. "1 Hove gone on record saying thai deep kissing. Of Tench kissing wet kissing whatever you want to Call it. Is something that people should not be afraid of. 1 always add the caveat thai there is the Remote the very Remote possibility that someone could on some occasion gel aids thai Way but it certainly is nol probable aids which stands Tot acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by a virus Hal weakens the immune system making he system vulnerable to infection and disease i is spread through intimate sexual Contact blood to blood Contact such As contaminated syring i and from a pregnant Mother to her unborn child. There is no cure and it is always fatal. The special covers every fact of ads including homosexual and heterosexual transmission use of con Doms Oral sex aids testing and aids education for children. The special cuts from pictures of people asking a question about aids to a shot of Koop giving his answers dressed in his White uniform with Gold Epa lets. The american hag is visible hanging to one Side of ills chair. The Best Way to prevent aids is nol to have sen but Koop admitted this is nol a viable Way of life for most the next Best line of defense n to he in a monogamous faithful relationship. But Koop sail surgeon general or. C. Error Cut Koop there will always be people who Are not abstinent whore nol in a monogamous relationship and who continue to have sex with several partners. To those people we have to say you re taking chances and the Only things we have to offer people like that is the use of a Koop recommended using a Well recognized Brand of an american made Latex condom because some con Doms arrive in bulk from other countries to the United Stales id be repackaged leaving some doubt As to the Quality. People whose behaviour puts hem at higher risk of ads include homosexuals bisexuals. Intravenous drug abusers heterosexuals with multiple partners or partners with High risk behaviour. Koop said 90 percent of the heroin addicts in new York test positive for the aids Sims. If people Lake responsibility for their behaviour this epidemic could be contained in no time Koop said. Koop said Young children can be told about aids in a natural . I dont think you have to Tell a 7-Ycar-qld child what aids is 1 think you should be spending your time More properly telling him who he is and to have some respect for his body and to have some respect for the bodies of other people he said. Then As the child grows older he can be taught about the transmission of disease and told that aids is one of Many diseases that Are harmful and that must be prevented by avoiding certain Behaviours he said. Koop continually stressed that the aids virus is not spread through casual non sen Ual Contact perhaps wanting to reduce any fears people might have about meeting someone with aids. I would have absolutely no fear of eating in a restaurant where the Cooks and the waiters had because the virus is not spread in this casual Way he said. I would nol be afraid to have my child go to a school where there were other children with Frank Active Koop touched on the moral ramifications of a ads when he said if someone wants to think this is a judgment from cod that does t mean that that per son has id also assume the role of judge. What i be been trying to convince the american people about is that even if aids seemed to have its beginning in a class of people that you do not fee comfor Lubic with or that you might condemn for their behaviour we Are now fighting a disease and nol people we must not ignore these people we must not reject them they Are pan of the human a Fown cd Jan makes the Grade bound for presidential classroom by Arrington Dok Elmi Bureau for Joanne Asimakopulos a 15-Day trip to Washington d.c., this month will mean a Chance to rub shoulders with a few Vicat minds Asimakopulos a of ii manage ment analyst with the 21st support come s kaisers Lawm Headquarters will serve As a Volunteer instructor from feb. 20 to March 5 in the presidential cuss room for Young Ameri cans. The 20-Jcar-old program sponsored by a non profit non partisan Organiza Tion offers High school juniors and seniors n look at the Federal government in action through meetings with legislators Tours of Washington landmarks and seminars taught by experts on government related issues. Previous speakers have included . Rep. Jack hemp. . Ann Compton Abc news reporter and Hodding Carter commentator for the Public broadcast Ine sen ice and an assistant Secretary of stale under presi Dent Carter. Students chosen to participate must have a b average place in the lop 25percent Colht in Hometown class and be leaders in student organisations among other criteria. Basima Kopula will be teamed with another adult chosen from the Fields of education civil sen ice military Pri vate sector or presidential classroom alumni to Lead about 45 students i discussions and debates on National and International issues raised during seminars it turns into a real brainstorming Type of an Aimos Don t have a real Yucky Boring lesson plan you have to follow a Asimakopulos said you re Given a topic and the nit s a Challenge to Sec How you want to get students to participate. Although Asimakopulos has t received her assignments yet she s hop ing to gel either what she called the hot one the american Media s role in politics or arms control. Married with three children Ages 23, 9 and 7, Asimakopulos is the Only instructor chosen from Europe for the 1988 program she said. What she suspects May have helped her stand out in the Field of 300 applicants for 60 slots is the diversity other civil service career a winding route that has required her 10 supervise the san Diego Navy Bicentennial Cele bration establish a Center for battered spouses train foreign military office Sand conduct efficiency studies among other responsibilities. But growing up in a family with 27children, Asimakopulos is accustomed to working a Little harder Rostand out. And it s that stand up and be counted attitude the Hopes to impress upon her Young Chaij i in Washington. You get in a roomful of 300 people who want to save the world and you re going to want to save the world too Asimakopulos said. It s a Good Posi Tive Type of Energy not in i m going to blow up a building and change things Hal Way these Young people need to know that if they want to change it and the have a better idea then get in there and do something about it. And that Why 1 want to go. The Volunteer instructor positions arc just Hal unpaid and Basima Koutos will pay her own Way from Germany to Washington and Back but a Chance to drum up others in Terest in creating a belter world is an Opportunity she s never been Able to pass up us exemplified by her decision 10 years ago to leave a os-1 1 Job As a visual information specialist for the Navy 10 work for two years in volunteers in service to America the peace corps Domestic Arm. When 1 was a Vista Volunteer i Learned the Best thing you can do for yourself is do something voluntarily Asimakopulos said. It s like a fix. 1 Banc to do something like this. I m a real energetic person and i get bored very easy i need a shot of rejuvenation and i get that from inter acting with people who Are idealistic. And you can t find a More idealistic croup than High school juniors and seniors. They have that level of it Eal ism that rubs off Bis Dorto i slim Momin Joanne Byslma Kapalos
