[UA] HIV in UA

[Mario Magallanes]

<< Pornomancers obviously would be concerned about HIV
transmission, especially since pornos typically do not use
condoms.  So, your partners better be trusted.  If you're a
kind GM, then the Naked Goddess perhaps insisted on using
condoms in her scenes.  Even then, there is still a fear of
transmission. >>

I think they are using condoms now to avoid AIDS. Still, given the time 
Naked Goddess videos were shot, chances are they didn't use them.

<< How would this affect entropomancers?  The article mentions a
200-to-1 chance of contracting HIV through needle contact.  However,
it's  life-threatening.  Would that be enough for a significant charge
>>

A 0.5% chance doesn't seem enough to me. Russian roulette is 16.6%
aprox. and it kills you outright. 

I've heard there's some people practicing 'barebacking'. They have anal
sex with people who have AIDS, thrilled by the possibility of getting
infected. There are even some places where you can hook with other
people for this kind of thing. Seems like a sexual russian roulette, and
the kind of thing that can be used in UA.

<< I imagine that someone who is afflicted may seek out an epideromancer
and pay him handsomely to alter his body.  Perhaps the Freak would be
willing to give you back your health if you could just smash Dirk
Allen's little cup and both his kneecaps. >>

Greg Stolze wrote a short story about it. I can't remember the title,
but it portrayed the Freak as a doctor able to cure terminal illness,
provided it was paid a million dollars. Should be in the list archives. 


<<And a short story idea comes to mind>>

Heh. That's a good one. 


Mario Magallanes
--
"If you still believe that the book has no more explicit depiction of
heterosexual activity than that, however, I suggest you take another
look at the disturbing encounter between Sam and Shelob, the huge and
evil female spider, at the end of Book Four."
-Andrew O'Hehir (http://www.salon.com)

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