Posted on 09/23/2010 9:57:06 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
ATLANTA (AP) -- A government study found one in five sexually active gay and bisexual men is infected with HIV, and nearly half of those infected don't know they have the disease.
The study is considered the largest to look at urban gay and bisexual men at high risk for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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“I don’t think that bleeding from wounds will cause a lot of HIV infections;”
In combat, the injured don’t just bleed; they often spray or explode in blood and other bodily fluids. This presents risk for anyone in the spray radius. You might want to read the book “American Knight,” a biography of the late Col. John Ripley, USMC (Ret), who suffered two liver transplants, quite possibly the result of constantly being rained on with the blood of wounded warriors in his proximity. And they were non-HIV injured, so you can probably extrapolate the inference.
Besides, if simple bleeding is no risk, why are boxing officials, trainers and corner men required to wear protective clothing? Or detectives at crime scenes? I could go on, but you get the point.
Yep.It’s disgusting.A person can actually give themselves genital herpes as well.I won’t elaborate on how it happens,but it can.
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