SARS and AIDS

Re “A Tale of Two Epidemics,” letter, May 27: The letter writer who thinks the SARS epidemic may not be as important as HIV/AIDS should stop and think how each of these epidemics is spread, and then it will be obvious that SARS is far more serious. Innocent people sitting in a room, walking down the street, taking public transportation can contract SARS, while we all know that abstinence from dirty needles and unprotected sex will prevent almost all cases of HIV/AIDS.

H.J. Bleecker

Riverside