[Colorado-talk] citation question

[David Andrews]

Arielle, this doesn't help much but I think the study was done some 
time ago, like 15 or 20 years, and may have had to do with fear of 
AIDS.  There was a anti-AIDS drug used, AZT, a side effect of which 
is possible blindness -- and apparently some people chose not to take 
the drug because of the risk of blindness.  We all know that death is 
not as bad as blindness (smurk.)

Dave

At 02:52 PM 5/13/2013, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>I'm unsure if any of you know the answer to this, but hoping that you
>could either find the answer for me or send this to someone who would
>know. On the NFB website there is a fact sheet about blindness, which
>states that according to a recent Gallup poll, blindness is the third
>most feared "disease" among Americans, surpassed only by AIDS and
>cancer. I've heard that statistic several times but can't find the
>citation for the actual Gallup poll where this was reported. I'd like
>to include this statistic in an academic article I am writing about
>blindness simulations and it would be great if I could cite the
>original Gallup poll. Could anyone please send me the primary citation
>for this fact, or at least an academic source where this fact is
>stated? Thanks!
>Arielle