Syphillis was mostly a gay disease in the years just before the AIDS era. Then the initial wave of AIDS scared them out of high risk sex. Now that HIV treatment has converted AIDS from a certain horrid death to a chronic nuisance they are back to their high risk behavior. I wonder if this means the gay population thinks HIV care has progressed to a ‘good enough’ level so that we no longer need to spend research dollars, well beyond its proportional national health benefits, to further advance such care? And whether they think as much government financing of HIV care is needed?
I read HIV ages the affected 15 years. I assume it kills 15 years early, too.