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Teens don't learn much in schools about diseases other than HIV, especially not the details about how to test for them or treat them. And often when teenagers do get a disease, they're not going to tell their friends about it, because they're embarrassed. That contributes to the myth that there isn't that much to worry about other than HIV.

Julie Downs

Schools

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