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From the Rolling Stone article, Dr. Bob Cabaj, director of behavioral-health services for San Francisco County and past president of both the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists, says:

Some men consciously seek the virus, openly declaring themselves bug chasers, he says, while many more are just as actively seeking HIV but are in denial and wouldn't call themselves bug chasers. Cabaj estimates that at least twenty-five percent of all newly infected gay men fall into that category.

See also: Acting Up.

It's a sad situation anyway you look at it.

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Cabaj estimates that at least twenty-five percent of all newly infected gay men fall into that category.

Sorry, that's an unscientific estimate, pulled out of his own backside. Just because a scientist says something doesn't make it true or "scientific." I mean a real study. I'm disappointed that RS or other publications would even repeat this story without seeing that there is no evidence to back up the claim that a significant number of gay men feel this way.