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Is Down syndrome a social disease?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Social disease is a euphemism for venereal afflictions such as Aids, Syphilis, Gonnorhea, etc. Downs syndrome is a form of Mental Retardation, not a veneral malady.

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