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Mary Fisher (born 1948)
Mary Fisher was born Lizabeth Davis
Frehling on April 6, 1948,
at Louisville.
She contracted the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from her husband, who has since died.
On August 19, 1992, Mary Fisher
delivered her memorable
A Whisper of AIDS speech at the Republican National
Convention in Houston, Texas.
Here is
Mary Fisher's
web site.
And here is the
web site of UNAIDS,
the joint United Nations program on HIV / AIDS, endorsing HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.
You could start by browsing their
Fast Facts About HIV.
Here is an excerpt:
Are mosquito bites a risk of
infection with HIV?
HIV is not spread by mosquitoes or other biting insects. Even if
the virus enters a mosquito or another sucking or biting insect,
it cannot reproduce in insects. Since the
insect cannot be infected with HIV, it cannot transmit HIV to
the next human it feeds on or bites.
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