AIDS Rate for Gay Men Climbs

Los Angeles Times ^ | Thu, Dec 02, 2004 | Thomas H. Maugh II

[w1andsodidwe]

The increase was offset by a decline in new cases among intravenous drug users, so the overall rate increased by 1% over the same period, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Wednesday on World AIDS Day.

Does this mean that the "Don't alter your behavior, just wear a condom" campaign is not working?

[toomanygrasshoppers]

I'm so tired of the ads that claim that the spread of AIDS is caused by the public's "apathy". Somehow we are all at fault because we don't throw enough money at this problem. I do feel bad for the women and children who are infected in third world countries. If the blame was to be put on those who spread this disease and not the rest of the world, then that might be a first step toward stopping it.

[Banjoguy]

GOOD!

[DBeers]

The number of newly diagnosed HIV and AIDS cases among gay and bisexual men grew...

It is rumored that celibate homosexuals have a far lower rate of incidence; conversely, that the abusive practice of sodomy seems to be a clear predictive indicator; even among trans gendered bisexual ACLU attorneys...

[dfwgator]

This is one ugly thread guys. I wouldn't wish AIDS on my worst enemy. Remember, love the sinner but hate the sin. It is sad that gays can't see the errors of their ways, but this news is nothing to cheer about.

[rellimpank]

---and if we'd quit subsidizing them through Medicare and assorted state welfare programs, the problem would solve itself -by death--

[Monterrosa-24]

Sex education still commonly refers to faggot sex as safe sex as long as a condom is used while hetero sex is described as unsafe sex unless a condom is used.

Most hetero AIDS transmission involves males who are either drug users or "bisexual" and transmit to women via anal sex.

The miracle of AIDS:" turns fruits into vegetables".

[Triple]

Why are the acts that men perform with other men called sex and not sodomy?

[50sDad]

Based only on the number of cases, funding to fight heart disease (another mostly-choice-related disease) shoudld be quadrupled, and funding of AIDS research should be slashed.

Think about it...I eat yummy junk food that I know is bad for me, and I am told that I am hopelessly selfish, that I am a dead weight on a thinly stretched medicial insurance industry, that I should have more control and act responsibly. Homsexuals do "what feels good" to them, and they are told that they were born that way, they cannot change, that the real culprit is the Evil Republicans who won't put every dollar the govenment takes from my pocket into inventing a magic bullet that will allow them to go right on doing what they want to do with no consequences.

What's the Kinsey lie...one in ten Americans are homosexual? But the TV (which never lies) tells me that 6 in ten Americans are overweight! Clearly, we should take six times the current funding in AIDS research and put it into developing salty, fatty snack foods that have no calories or fat so that I can go right on mistreating my body with no consequences! Hey, it's only fair!

Plese, STOP THE INSANITY!

[50sDad]

"Let's not be mean. We don't have to be mean."
--------------------Bucaroo Banzai

[AppyPappy]

Geez, ya'll some ignorant SOB's.



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[highlandbreeze]

AIDS is the ugliest disease I have ever seen in my lifetime. No one should have to suffer like that and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

Even if you don't agree with the act, it's not good news.

[Nov3]

You misunderstood the statement. It grew 11 percent. The actuall rate could be higher or lower.

[joesnuffy]

A problem might be that a 'constitutional right' to a death style will mean many infected dying people are literaly 'walking incubators' for an infectious disease that is Not Just A Sexually Transmitted Disease...

AIDS is also able to infect via other venues...air...food...water...AIDS can be transmitted other than sexually and can be used as a bio terror weapon...in spite of what AIDS activists and their apologists/enablers/propagandists would have us believe...

Dr. Lorraine Day (former surgeon) witnessed and proved it...in a San Francisco hospital where she was chief...(surgical techs were infected by air borne AIDS virus) AIDS activists (terrorists) threatened her life and the lives of her family members for taking this public...

imo

[GianniV]

What about a "sin tax" on sodomy to pay for AIDS-related healthcare? Supposedly, the tobacco lawsuits were all about paying for treatment of cancer victims - so how about taxing homosexuals everytime they engage in sodomy?

[zahal724]

You're right. My bad. Thanks for pointing it out.

[rollo tomasi]

"Shazam!" and "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"--Gomer Pyle

[DemforBush]

Well said. I mock the "blame the conservatives" mantra of the far lefties, but I don't think there's profit in sinking to their level of dialogue.

Just my opinion.

[presidio9]

This is one ugly thread guys. I wouldn't wish AIDS on my worst enemy.

I agree that there have been some inappropriate responses to this article. A close childhood friend of mine was one of the disease's early vicitms back in the 80's (he was a hemophiliac who died at the age of 14) and I would not wish AIDS on my worst enemy. But the point is that this epidemic is entirely preventable, and until we grow up and admit what is actually causing it we are never going to solve the problem. For a sobering look at the reality of AIDS, please read This Post.