Posted on 01/22/2016 1:52:33 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Russia's AIDS epidemic is at a dangerous tipping point after the number of people registered HIV-positive passed the 1 million mark, the country's top AIDS specialist said on Thursday, warning the rate of infection had reached record levels.
Russia registered its millionth HIV-positive patient -- a 26-year-old woman in the south of the country -- on Wednesday, Vadim Pokrovsky, the head of the federal AIDS centre, told Reuters in a phone interview.
But he said the real number of HIV-positive Russians could be as high as 1.5 million, or 1 percent of the population, based on his and other expert estimates.
"The epidemic is gathering strength. Unfortunately the measures that have been taken have clearly not been enough," Pokrovsky said.
He warned that Russia was "on the threshold" of moving from a concentrated epidemic, where HIV is highly prevalent in one subset of the population, to a generalised epidemic, where HIV rates among the general population are sufficient for sexual networking to drive new infections.
"We're in a transitional phase," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
that’s really too bad.. apparently all we hear about the resurgence of the church in Russia..isn’t doing enough in terms of improving the way people live? (well, it isn’t easy..just look at how far USA and much of Europe have slid)
Lonely Russian graduate students (& Beauty Pagent contestants) want to meet YOU to ‘talk it over’!!
Study on casual sex among Russian truck drivers.
With roughly 81 million in the 15-54 age range, the amount infected is well past the 1% and approaching 1.25% of the population which would normally be considered sexually active.
Talk about Russian roulette...
"Sexual networking"...That's the quaintest spin on "slut" I've ever heard.
That’s terrible. And so many young Russian beauties want to meet me too.
But the real game is in Ghana. There are so many beautiful white women stuck in Ghana after taking care of a sick family member, that it’s truely amazing. And they don’t just want to meet. They promise to marry me if I will just send them some funds to get them out of there.
That’s terrible. And so many young Russian beauties want to meet me too.
But the real game is in Ghana. There are so many beautiful white women stuck in Ghana after taking care of a sick family member, that it’s truely amazing. And they don’t just want to meet. They promise to marry me if I will just send them some funds to get them out of there.
More than 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV infection, and almost 1 in 8 (12.8%) are unaware of their infection.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/overview/ataglance.html
But we can’t criticize homosexuality for introducing and spreading HIVAIDS worldwide because that would be “insenstive” “intolerant” and “homophobic”
And everyone knows that just can’t happen, worse than the virus/disease itself
Gee, if only there were some way to avoid contracting this horrible illness. Hmmm....let’s see...Oh, I’ve got it! People could keep their pants on. Such a novel idea.
Gee, if only there were some way to avoid contracting this horrible illness. Hmmm....let’s see...Oh, I’ve got it! People could keep their pants on. Such a novel idea.
“Sexual networking”...That’s the quaintest spin on “slut” I’ve ever heard.
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+1
Most cases of AIDs are due to IV drug use (sharing needles) and male homosexual sex. Heterosexual sex cases of AIDs are very, very, low.
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