For sure. It is why Fauci is a hero to the left. He led the effort to push the lie that AIDS was not primarily a gay/addict disease
And still is, given the demographics being tracked.
"In 2022, gay, bisexual, and other men who reported male-to-male sexual contact accounted for 67% (21,400) of the 31,800 estimated new HIV infections and 83% of estimated infections among all men."