Posted on 07/08/2013 2:34:01 PM PDT by NYer
WASHINGTON, DC, July 8, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A fact sheet released at the end of June by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warns that HIV rates, already at epidemic proportions, are continuing to climb steadily among men who have sex with men (MSM).
"Gay and bisexual men remain at the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic," says Jonathan Mermin, the director of the CDC's division of HIV/AIDS prevention.
The CDC notes that while homosexual men make up only a very small percentage of the male population (4%), MSM account for over three-quarters of all new HIV infections, and nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of all new infections in 2010 (29,800).
"Men who have sex with men remain the group most heavily affected by HIV in the United States," the fact sheet states.
US News reports that if HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to rise at the current rates, more than half of college-aged homosexual men will have HIV by the age of 50.
When broken down by age group, the CDC reported that new infections among the youngest MSM, aged 13-24, increased from 7,200 infections in 2008 to 8,800 in 2010, which translates into a 22 percent increase in that time span.
Young black MSM continue to have the highest infection rate, according to the CDC, accounting for more than half (55 percent) of new infections among young MSM.
"CDC’s new estimates show that African Americans, more than any other racial/ethnic group, continue to bear the greatest burden of HIV in the United States," the report states. "While blacks represent approximately 14 percent of the total U.S. population, they accounted for almost half (44 percent) of all new HIV infections in 2010 (20,900). HIV incidence among blacks was almost eight times higher than that of whites - 68.9 v. 8.7 per 100,000 of the population."
However, the total number of infections is highest amongst Whites: “White MSM continue to represent the largest number of new HIV infections among MSM (11,200), followed closely by black MSM (10,600) and Hispanic MSM (6,700)."
Despite the disturbing data, the United States' leading gay advocacy organizations - known pejoratively as "Gay Inc." by some HIV activists - barely make mention of or allocate any resources towards fighting the scourge, instead focusing on things like passing gay "marriage," fighting anti-gay bullying, and "fostering positive places of worship," according to US News.
"The recent rise of HIV/AIDS ... is huge and it's not talked about because 'Gay Inc.' says nothing about it," Peter Staley, founder of the Treatment Action Group, told US News.
The CDC states that their analysis did not examine the factors driving the increases in HIV/AIDS in MSM.
The organization notes that while "studies indicate that individual risk behavior alone does not account for the disproportionate burden of HIV among young MSM," other factors are involved in the escalating HIV/AIDS epidemic in the homosexual community, including, "higher prevalence of HIV among MSM, which leads to a greater risk of HIV exposure with each sexual encounter; the high proportion of young MSM (especially young MSM of color) who are unaware of their infection, which increases the risk of unknowingly transmitting the virus to others; stigma and homophobia, which deter some from seeking HIV prevention services; barriers, such as lack of insurance and concerns about confidentiality, that result in less access to testing, care, and antiretroviral treatment; and high rates of some STDs, which can facilitate HIV transmission. Additionally, many young MSM may underestimate their personal risk for HIV."
In its list of the best ways to protect oneself from HIV/AIDS infection, the CDC gives first place to abstinence, saying, "the most reliable way to avoid infection is to abstain from sex."
This is followed by "mutual monogamy." A reduction in the number of sexual partners and the use of condoms is further down the list of effective prevention methods.
The full text of the CDC report "New HIV infections in the US" is available here.
Thank goodness one can go to a gay club in NYC, have unsafe anonymous sex and not have to eat food high transfats or salt or have a cigarette afterwards.
But you can catch HIV from a TransFatty....
Way to save us all Nanny Bloomberg...
Here we go again. This time, the promiscuous can’t claim they didn’t know that anal sex with a man could kill them with an HIV infection. And, yet, the promisculous behavior remains the same. How suicidal can you be? How out-of-control can you be? This, more than anything, shows the homosexuality is a mental disorder.
A large part of the blame is the extreme promiscuity among homosexual men. One study said that nearly 40% of homosexual men claimed to have had sex with over 500 men.
Like, duh.
MSM is GovSpeak for “Men who have sex with men”?
LOL! LOL! HA HA HA HA!
Take THAT Mainstream Media!
And with Obamacare, guess who will pick up the tab?
I guess the “Bug Chasers” are winning....
The venn diagrams probably have a serious overlap, especially off camera.
What a joke. Our gubmint PROMOTES male-on-male anal sex then warns about such activity? But, it’s okay.. 0bamacare will medicate ALL of them for life, at taxpayer expense!
And the govt and its eltists politicians promote this life style.
Best way to cure this is to sit down and keep ones mouth shut
If the colon cowboys want to go to a NYC club and engage in a unprotected f—k train in the basement with 50 other anonymous pickle chuggers: so be it.
Do NOT whine, stage a gay rights parade, blame Christian conservatives and then DEMAND that government/society subsidize or ‘find a cure’ your extremely risky pastime.
You made your bed, now sleep in it.
Reagan’s fault!!!
Encore...
History doesn’t lie. But honestly, One has to wonder more, IMO, about the mental state of the straights supporting them. How does one, as a hetro, get to the place in their mind that potential anally inflicted death sentences are OK and even a desirable outcome?
Logically they are even crazier, or so thoroughly evil that they want the behavior to continue as much as possible for population control.
I do not see another possibility,
But there’s no correlation.
...having sex with over 500 men....
this epitomizes what the homosexual lifestyle represents.
i do what i want, when i want, where i want, with who i want, anytime, anyplace, if i want to do it.
and if you think it isn’t evil, satanists have their main guiding principle in one phrase, “do what thou wilt” - I do what I want.
meaning I decide right and wrong. nobody else, nothing outside me matters. right and worng for me is subjective, not objective set by someone else, like God, for example.
Homosexuality is open rebellion against God’s natural order.
“new infections among the youngest MSM, aged 13-24...”
When did 13 year olds become classified as men? Thirteen year old boys are getting AIDS?
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