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To: Mojave
40,000 new HIV infections yearly with 70% of these being among men. Of those men who are infected, 60% are infected through homosexual sex;

Thanks for updating those. I was apparently using out of date numbers. I used 42,514 cases with 45% being male homosexuals. Your actual numbers show that 35% are male homosexuals. That does seem to make my point even more that in the big picture we are not addressing the major causes of the problem, but simply one.

298 posted on 06/04/2006 10:29:08 AM PDT by MACVSOG68
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To: MACVSOG68
That does seem to make my point even more that in the big picture we are not addressing the major causes of the problem, but simply one.

That's not your "point". You were asserting that there was no compelling argument for legal restrictions on homosexaul sodomy.

Now you're arguing that the 60% of HIV cases spread by homosexual sex isn't important compared to their supposed "privacy right" to get their nut, whatever the societal costs.

302 posted on 06/04/2006 10:50:33 AM PDT by Mojave
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To: MACVSOG68
Thanks for updating those. I was apparently using out of date numbers. I used 42,514 cases with 45% being male homosexuals. Your actual numbers show that 35% are male homosexuals. That does seem to make my point even more that in the big picture we are not addressing the major causes of the problem, but simply one.

You incorrectly assume cause prevalence and probability of infection within a subgroup correlates to the total cause prevalence and probability of infection based upon the total number of people infected from the various subgroups...

You might make the case that "we" are not treating the major numbers of infected with such logic; however, you can not make the claim that "we" are not addressing the major causes because you do not address them...

When one realistically considers that the activities of 2-3 % of the population account for 35% of the infections then one must look at the fact that said population has the highest infection rate and as such constitutes the MAJOR cause for concern as to a infection cause to be stopped...

305 posted on 06/04/2006 11:01:08 AM PDT by DBeers (†)
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