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Behind the Increase in HIV Infections Among Gay and Bisexual Men
wsj.com ^ | Sep 25, 2014 | Drew Altman

Posted on 09/30/2014 1:29:39 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Gay and bisexual men represent an estimated 2% of the U.S. population but more than half of all people living with HIV and 66% of new HIV infections. They are the only population group in the United States for which HIV infections are rising. Projections have shown that if current trends continue, half of all gay and bisexual men will be HIV-positive by age 50.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aids; hiv; homosexualagenda
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To: Berlin_Freeper

When HIV and Aids is controlled, another new disease will pop up among those who have chosen to live the life style that encourages disease and death.


41 posted on 09/30/2014 5:58:26 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: trisham
Having observed homosexual relationships and heterosexual relationships, I find the latter better than the former. There are problems enough in a male-female pairing, but I've never observed the jealousy, fighting, and suspicion of the homosexuals — especially males — in most heterosexual pairs.
42 posted on 09/30/2014 6:44:07 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: MasterGunner01

?


43 posted on 09/30/2014 6:45:12 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Why did God create them in the first place? 20 words or less.


44 posted on 09/30/2014 6:47:43 AM PDT by Misterioso ("Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Misterioso

Man is empowered with free will.


45 posted on 09/30/2014 6:52:53 AM PDT by Tugo (Beam him UP)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The REAL REASON Obamacare was passed.


46 posted on 09/30/2014 7:10:24 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Lumper20

Anyone remember this?
http://www.armytimes.com/article/20120222/NEWS/202220337/Fairbanks-spike-HIV-cases-involved-military

http://www.adn.com/article/hiv-outbreak-alaska-army-base-rattles-public-health-officials


47 posted on 09/30/2014 7:15:42 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: trisham

From what I have been able to tell, not as much, but often their need to be “tough” or “manlike” a.k.a. drug and booze use, causes problems of its own.


48 posted on 09/30/2014 7:33:54 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: MasterGunner01

f you are talking magnitude, I will certainly agree. There are problems, but issues of fidelity, let’s just say that the information I heard about Patient Zero, I couldn’t believe my ears. This man had so many partners he couldn’t remember them all, and nobody cared about containment of a fatal disease either!


49 posted on 09/30/2014 7:37:46 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: elpadre

That actually makes sense. People isolated to just others with HIV can’t do much harm to each other when they already have HIV.


50 posted on 09/30/2014 7:39:36 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Morpheus2009

Yes, and they also seem susceptible to depression and anxiety.


51 posted on 09/30/2014 7:43:01 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

**half of all gay and bisexual men will be HIV-positive by age 50.**

Uh-oh!


52 posted on 09/30/2014 7:44:06 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Wow. I figured it was only a matter of time, but; I did not know they already had active HIV . The spokesman sounds like another Obama type with the I don’t know if they -— or do this -—.


53 posted on 09/30/2014 8:14:46 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
There's a sizable portion of the “gay” community that sees HIV infection as a badge of pride and distinction.

Bizarre, yes. But then, a man who wants a stranger's willy up his pooper has already displayed some cognitive - as well as some other - difficulties.

54 posted on 09/30/2014 9:03:11 AM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: maddog55
To bad it’s treatable now.

To a point. Treatment isn't effective on every carrier, and for the ones that do respond, the severe side effects of the meds can be life-threatening, or at least life-shortening.

Additionally, failure to abide by a strict medication regiment (measured by HOURS) can cause the virus to mutate, decreasing the effectiveness of the treatment for the carrier. And homos aren't known for being the most responsible individuals, considering that they contracted the disease in the first place.

55 posted on 09/30/2014 11:01:39 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: Morpheus2009
Patient Zero really went of the deep end and he infected a lot of people. The stupid homosexual partners of this guy knew he carried the disease but they never took it seriously until they were diagnosed with it. Then it was certain death for the infected.

WHOA! Drop everything people. We must find a cure! Of course the easiest way to contain the disease was celibacy, but not for our randy rump rangers.

56 posted on 09/30/2014 2:44:58 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I know a guy who’s bi-sexual. He wants it, he buys it!

Hey, if I could Ci-alis (see Alice) I wouldn’t need the Viagra!


57 posted on 09/30/2014 2:58:17 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Senator_Blutarski
Of course, if you are a member of a protected class you don’t have to worry about the health issues your behavior causes.

So a black smoker is okey-dokey for regular rates? Got it!

58 posted on 09/30/2014 3:12:07 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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