Editor, Times-Union: After reading the article on the front page of the Times-Union titled “Malicious Mischief,” about someone who is HIV positive. Even then, this is not a fail-safe solution, it is only an idea. The woman may ask her partner if they have a sexually transmitted disease; however, they may lie. The woman should carry her own protection. If her partner doesn’t want to wear one, she should not walk away but run. Paul Fribley Warsaw