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Gay men are 2% of population but 55% of AIDS cases: CDC
lifesitenews.com ^ | 08/24/2016 | Ben Johnson

Posted on 08/24/2016 5:47:35 AM PDT by massmike

Although homosexual men are a tiny sliver of the U.S. population, they account for the majority of all Americans living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced.

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are two percent of the population but make up 55 percent of people who were HIV-positive in 2013, according to a CDC fact sheet released last Wednesday.

More than nine out of 10 new HIV diagnoses (92 percent) come from young gay and bisexual MSM, ages 13 to 24.

If these trends continue, one of every six men who has sex with men will be diagnosed with AIDS in his lifetime. Already, 15 percent of all HIV-positive homosexuals and bisexuals don’t know they are infected, the government agency said.

“Gay and bisexual men are also at increased risk for other STDs, like syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia,” the CDC added.

The CDC reported that men who have sex with men are 44-times more likely to contract HIV than heterosexual males, and 40-times more likely than women. Earlier this year, the CDC estimated that half of all black MSM will get the disease, a statistic that is repeated in the latest fact sheet.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: aids; hiv; homosexualagenda
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To: massmike

Right up there with the lopsided stats for blacks and crime.


21 posted on 08/24/2016 6:27:09 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: massmike
If we only were less homophobic and let gay men donate blood, this discrepancy would even out.
(By increasing HIV rates among straights of course.)

22 posted on 08/24/2016 6:35:42 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: massmike

The solution to this is to cut off funding to all programs that encourage HIV. After all, we are not supporting the transmission of the Zika virus with billion of tax dollars. Since when are homosexuals more worthy than pregnant women and their babies?


23 posted on 08/24/2016 6:43:30 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: cincinnati65

“gay men are 120% of the male population”
__________________

And 100% of every movie, TV show, too.


24 posted on 08/24/2016 6:57:10 AM PDT by StAntKnee ( Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: AppyPappy

HIV-positive = AIDS.

There are plenty of guys who have tried to prove otherwise. They’re called “bug-chasers”. Pretty sick crowd, any way you look at them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugchasing


25 posted on 08/24/2016 7:36:40 AM PDT by angryoldfatman
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To: angryoldfatman

You can have HIV for decades now and never die from AIDS. My brother will drink himself to death before AIDS gets him.


26 posted on 08/24/2016 7:39:34 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: massmike

“Come on everybody, we’ve got quilting to do.”


27 posted on 08/24/2016 7:41:16 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: AppyPappy

I knew you were going there.

Let’s get scientific about it. How about an experiment? You know, real hands-on empirical evidence?

Experiment:
Infect yourself and get back to us. We’ll monitor your progress with such a benign virus. Monthly updates will do fine. I’m sure the moderators will have no problems with vanities like those.

By the way, medical treatment is out of the question. You have to let HIV run its course, which should be just fine since it doesn’t really do anything, right?


28 posted on 08/24/2016 7:52:54 AM PDT by angryoldfatman
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To: angryoldfatman

I have a better idea. Learn about something we call “medicine”. It helps keep people alive.
You can probably Google it.


29 posted on 08/24/2016 7:59:55 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: massmike

Since when is a 13, 14 or 15-year-old CHILD considered a “man” in these statistics?


30 posted on 08/24/2016 8:08:35 AM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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To: massmike

But, if we would just let them get “married”....


31 posted on 08/24/2016 8:09:39 AM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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To: massmike

A 13 year old is not a man. That kid is being molested by an adult


32 posted on 08/24/2016 8:18:36 AM PDT by Marie (The vulgarians are at the gate! MAGA!)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Infectious Disease Ping

" Gay men are 2% of population but 55% of AIDS cases: CDC "

33 posted on 08/24/2016 9:33:50 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
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To: littleharbour

I’m sure that the Obamacare exchanges mark up the rates if you identify as ‘gay’


34 posted on 08/24/2016 10:01:06 AM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: massmike

Due Penalty; 100%

Nature doesn’t like to be abominated.


35 posted on 08/24/2016 10:06:23 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: AppyPappy

Is HIV harmful or not?

If it is, you need medical treatment for it (Hint: it is harmful - it causes AIDS if left untreated).

If not, then go get yourself infected, along with all of your progeny, and show the world your hypothesis is true (Hint: that hypothesis is not true - you and your family will die of AIDS IF LEFT UNTREATED LIKE I SAID BEFORE JESUS HENRY CHRIST WHAT A PEDANTIC JERKWAD).

Or you can continue to pollute the gene pool with your DNA, thereby leaving in your wake a bunch of disingenuous pedantic know-nothings that will essentially be weeds choking off sentient humanity, and leaving us with Idiocracy in real life.


36 posted on 08/25/2016 6:34:55 AM PDT by angryoldfatman
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To: Fido969

And the court-ordered “remedy” would be to make sure that the same percentage of the general population is infected.

Not kidding in the least.


37 posted on 08/25/2016 7:51:54 PM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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To: AppyPappy

The newest dubious studies are saying that contracting the infection early and getting on and staying on antiretrovirals medicine regimens, religiously, gives you the best chance of living a long life. So, what are gay men to do? Hold “AIDS parties” for the “gay” kids to get a jump on the treatment?


38 posted on 08/25/2016 7:56:59 PM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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To: massmike

Anyone want to ask why Medicaid costs increase?
Medicaid grows faster than any other government expense?

How many scapegoats can you name?
How often are the media, or politicians, or think tanks honest.

Bad Lifestyle choices are forcing those who make good lifestyle choices to pay for the bad choices. Most economics theories would say that is a loser of a policy.


39 posted on 08/28/2016 5:55:26 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: DiogenesLamp

Not everyone who does it same-gender neccessarily identifies as “gay”.


40 posted on 10/22/2016 12:12:11 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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