[Bodega]

I think most people discussing this issue of gay men exclusively spreading HIV is a bogus issue. What the CDC and the sexually knowledgeable community do know is that gay guys and bisexual guys were on the leading edge but the bisexuals spread it into the hetero community and to their wives and boy/girl friends. It got confusing rather quickly and, as noted, that is over and done with. Now we have to treat all who are infected and continue to teach how NOT to get the virus.

[originalbuckeye]

I agree that it was the bisexuals AND the Blood Banking Industry that spread it into the heterosexual community. But in the beginning, it was really only gays dying from it for several years. Trust me, I worked in the medical community at one of the largest hospitals in the country, in the early 80’s.

[Rurudyne]

No, we don’t have to treat them. Their disease is not our obligation.

We should quarantine and isolate them.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

There was a reason why it was called GRID. Gay-Related Immune Deficiency.

Sorry, but gay men are indeed the main spreaders of the infection. Most of the people who are hetro who get it usually get it from sharing needles with, you guessed it, gays.

It is not at all confusing and teaching how not to get the virus is rather simple. Stop having anal sex in bathrooms with men you don't know.

If they would do that the spread would slow down to a crawl and then stop.

[daniel1212]

CDC estimates that MSM represent approximately four percent of the male population in the United States, but male-to-male sex accounted for more than three-fourths (78 percent) of new HIV infections among men and nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of all new infections in 2010 (29,800). - https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/todaysepidemic-508.pdf

Meanwhile, Sexually Transmitted Disease Cases Hit New High in U.S. — http://www.nbcnews.com/health/sexual-health/sexually-transmitted-disease-cases-hit-new-high-u-s-n669051