Posted on 05/02/2007 11:22:23 AM PDT by presidio9
More than one in three HIV positive gay men say they have unprotected sex, reveals a community survey, published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. And almost one in five HIV negative men said that they do the same, the figures show.
The findings are based on a survey of men at gay bars, clubs, and saunas in London, Manchester, and Brighton, UK, between 2003 and 2004. The surveys, which were carried out at 90 venues, involved information on lifestyle, background, and sexual behaviour.
Almost 3600 questionnaires were handed out, 2640 of which were completed. Saliva samples were also requested to find out about HIV prevalence, and 2311 men agreed to provide these. The rate of HIV infection was highest in Brighton, at almost 14%, and lowest in Manchester, at 8.6% But the rates of undiagnosed infection was high in all three cities, ranging from one in three in Brighton to more than four out of 10 (44%) in London.
Across the entire sample, one in three men who was HIV positive did not know they had the infection. This was despite the fact that over two thirds of these men said they had been to a sexual health (GUM) clinic within the past year.
Almost one in five (18%) of HIV negative men and over a third (37%) of HIV positive men said they had had unprotected sex with more than one partner in the past year. Over the same time period, one in five HIV negative men and four out of 10 HIV positive men said that they had had a sexually transmitted infection.
The authors conclude that despite the availability of treatment and a national policy to promote HIV testing, a significant proportion of infection remains undiagnosed. They call for renewed efforts to be made to boost diagnosis and curb risk behaviours that encourage onward transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
The other two don’t report it.
And no doubt these are the same ones demanding we spend more on research, to save their sorry butts.
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Charge them with reckless endangerment. More of a threat than a drunk driver.
But this disease was politicized decades ago and President Reagan was blamed for not “preventing” it.
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A straight guy kills a gay guy...and the world comes to a halt. Millions of gay guys kill millions of other gay guys.....ho-hum.....
How'd you like to get that assignment?
Someone tell me again how this was all Reagan's fault, now that we have a "national policy" and the filthy perverts are still spreading disease.
Told ya’ so.
It would suck...
This is just unbelievable. If people are spreading the diseases by their own reckless behavior, what can we do?
Exactly what is government supposed to do if people make bad choices about how to behave?
This isn’t a gay bashing issue. I’m sure many gay folks don’t get these diseases if they are responsible.
This conduct is being directly subsidized by your tax dollars. Hedonism, when not supported externally at the monetary expense of others, is transient. It is self-correcting. It is self-limiting. The nanny-state is precisely why this is flourishing; and why the hell do communicable diseases proffer special civil rights protections??? Totally insane.
Be careful not to do more harm with an open hand than you would do with a closed fist.
The latest fad in the homosexual community is to deliberately get AIDS so you can stop worrying about getting it. The insanity of the left never ceases to amaze me.
What is also frustrating is that some people are pressuring for more AIDS research, more government spending, etc. Unfortunately money given for AIDS can crowd out spending for other health and disease research.
How about not rewarding them? How about not protecting them from the individual (non-violent) judgment of private citizens (BS bonus "civil rights").
When they aren’t trying to pervert other people’s children, they proceed immediately to self-destruction.
I hope this is a financial metaphor.
In the context of this thread, it might be interpreted differently. :^)
Is it just me, or do you others see this as a situation that will eventually take care of itself?
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