[Barnacle]

He said that generally it takes several contacts with multiple partners for aids to establish itself.

Shhhhh... That's a secret the media has kept quiet for years. If this ever got out, public sympathy for AIDS infected people would evaporate.

Now repeat after me; “They are arbitrary victims of this dreaded disease.” “They are arbitrary victims of this dreaded disease.” “They are arbitrary victims of this dreaded disease.” That’s it, keep going.

[VMI70]

You jogged my feeble mind about something else: the use of the term "victim" to describe the rump rangers.
The poor folks who got it unknowingly or accidentally like from tainted blood are real "victims", but I can't think of anyone else with aids that could be described using that term.