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‘Epidemic’: HIV rates, already sky-high, continuing to climb among gay men, warns CDC
Life Site News ^ | July 8, 2013 | THADDEUS BAKLINSKI

Posted on 07/08/2013 2:34:01 PM PDT by NYer

WASHINGTON, DC, July 8, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A fact sheet released at the end of June by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warns that HIV rates, already at epidemic proportions, are continuing to climb steadily among men who have sex with men (MSM).

"Gay and bisexual men remain at the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic," says Jonathan Mermin, the director of the CDC's division of HIV/AIDS prevention.

The CDC notes that while homosexual men make up only a very small percentage of the male population (4%), MSM account for over three-quarters of all new HIV infections, and nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of all new infections in 2010 (29,800).

"Men who have sex with men remain the group most heavily affected by HIV in the United States," the fact sheet states.

US News reports that if HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to rise at the current rates, more than half of college-aged homosexual men will have HIV by the age of 50.

When broken down by age group, the CDC reported that new infections among the youngest MSM, aged 13-24, increased from 7,200 infections in 2008 to 8,800 in 2010, which translates into a 22 percent increase in that time span.

Young black MSM continue to have the highest infection rate, according to the CDC, accounting for more than half (55 percent) of new infections among young MSM.

"CDC’s new estimates show that African Americans, more than any other racial/ethnic group, continue to bear the greatest burden of HIV in the United States," the report states. "While blacks represent approximately 14 percent of the total U.S. population, they accounted for almost half (44 percent) of all new HIV infections in 2010 (20,900). HIV incidence among blacks was almost eight times higher than that of whites - 68.9 v. 8.7 per 100,000 of the population."

However, the total number of infections is highest amongst Whites: “White MSM continue to represent the largest number of new HIV infections among MSM (11,200), followed closely by black MSM (10,600) and Hispanic MSM (6,700)."

Despite the disturbing data, the United States' leading gay advocacy organizations - known pejoratively as "Gay Inc." by some HIV activists - barely make mention of or allocate any resources towards fighting the scourge, instead focusing on things like passing gay "marriage," fighting anti-gay bullying, and "fostering positive places of worship," according to US News. 

"The recent rise of HIV/AIDS ... is huge and it's not talked about because 'Gay Inc.' says nothing about it," Peter Staley, founder of the Treatment Action Group, told US News.

The CDC states that their analysis did not examine the factors driving the increases in HIV/AIDS in MSM.

The organization notes that while "studies indicate that individual risk behavior alone does not account for the disproportionate burden of HIV among young MSM," other factors are involved in the escalating HIV/AIDS epidemic in the homosexual community, including, "higher prevalence of HIV among MSM, which leads to a greater risk of HIV exposure with each sexual encounter; the high proportion of young MSM (especially young MSM of color) who are unaware of their infection, which increases the risk of unknowingly transmitting the virus to others; stigma and homophobia, which deter some from seeking HIV prevention services; barriers, such as lack of insurance and concerns about confidentiality, that result in less access to testing, care, and antiretroviral treatment; and high rates of some STDs, which can facilitate HIV transmission. Additionally, many young MSM may underestimate their personal risk for HIV."

In its list of the best ways to protect oneself from HIV/AIDS infection, the CDC gives first place to abstinence, saying, "the most reliable way to avoid infection is to abstain from sex."

This is followed by "mutual monogamy." A reduction in the number of sexual partners and the use of condoms is further down the list of effective prevention methods.

The full text of the CDC report "New HIV infections in the US" is available here


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: aids; cdc; hiv; homosexualagenda
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To: Flavious_Maximus
When did 13 year olds become classified as men?

Probably the same time 26 year olds became children.

41 posted on 07/08/2013 3:13:10 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: NYer

If Reagan were will president there would be protests in the streets and long lists of names of people he killed. It would be said he didn’t care about any of them. He didn’t address AIDS enough in public.

Of course Obama is guilty of none of this, although his actions are more or less exactly the same as Reagan’s.

How many homeless do we have today?

How many people out of work?

Eh, can’t talk about that stuff. Wait until a Republican comes along, then that’s all we’ll hear about.

How many died? What did Reagan know, and when did he know it?

What a sad pathetic Leftist agenda, for all the world to see.


42 posted on 07/08/2013 3:15:31 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Breaking News: Hillary not running in 2016. Brain tumor found during recent colonoscopy...)
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To: GraceG

You nailed it GraceG.

Right on...


43 posted on 07/08/2013 3:15:56 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Breaking News: Hillary not running in 2016. Brain tumor found during recent colonoscopy...)
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To: WashingtonSource

Here we go again. This time, the promiscuous can’t claim they didn’t know that anal sex with a man could kill them with an HIV infection. And, yet, the promisculous behavior remains the same. How suicidal can you be? How out-of-control can you be? This, more than anything, shows the homosexuality is a mental disorder.

The same people will blame fat people for having no impulse control. At least humans have to EAT to live, You don’t have to go poke another person in the rump to actually stay alive... well unless you are in prison I suppose....


44 posted on 07/08/2013 3:16:34 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Blood of Tyrants
One study said that nearly 40% of homosexual men claimed to have had sex with over 500 men.

Can all 500 marry each other?...Is that legal now? 500 people married to each other sounds so perfect...I imagine they'd need a big house, a large dinner table and a bed the size of a Walmart food court.

500? I guess that would leave a 10 or 15 minutes each day to actually work, in between humping each other...

45 posted on 07/08/2013 3:17:25 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Seems every time I open a newspaper, there is some article about an HIV vaccine being developed or scientists are working on a cure. Why should they alter their behavior? Chances are a cure will come around before their behavior kills them.
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I predicted over 20 years ago that all attempts to develop an HIV vaccine would fail for the simple reason that there is no proof that HIV is the cause of AIDS. And preventing AIDS is test of effectiveness.

AIDS is simply a severly weakened immune system that results from the multiple infections that are inevitable given the lifestyle of many if not most gays and IV drug users. Look for the proof that I’m wrong. You won’t find it. You also won’t find a cure for HIV nor will anyone else.


46 posted on 07/08/2013 3:18:07 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (If I had a tag line this is where you would find it)
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To: InterceptPoint

They’re all holding back until they get a cure...After that, they’ll each have a conga-line of thousands lined on down the interstate.


47 posted on 07/08/2013 3:19:58 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SampleMan
I don’t believe it. AIDS isn’t a homosexual disease right?

It is not an “Exclusively” homosexual disease.

However AIDS is a disease the flourishes in the male homosexual community.

48 posted on 07/08/2013 3:21:01 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: dragnet2

They’re all holding back until they get a cure...After that, they’ll each have a conga-line of thousands lined on down the interstate.
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There will never be a cure. See my post 46 below.


49 posted on 07/08/2013 3:23:21 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (If I had a tag line this is where you would find it)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Basically the homosexual lifestyle is the embodiment (living out) of the satanic core belief of “do what thou wilt”.


50 posted on 07/08/2013 3:31:04 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Flavious_Maximus
"Thirteen year old boys are getting AIDS?"

Not only that: my friend Consuelo, who used to treat STD's at a pediatric hospital, said she was seeing cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea in kids in the throat and rectum.

51 posted on 07/08/2013 3:31:33 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("He will come on that Day to judge the living and the dead, and the world by fire.")
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To: NYer

If you go through life playing in other men’s fecal matter, you’re likely to end up sick and/or dead. You’d think the Sodomites would get a clue, but I guess they just can’t help themselves. If the American Psychiatric Association didn’t tell me different, I might end up thinking homosexuality is a mental illness.


52 posted on 07/08/2013 3:32:32 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Why celebrate evil? Evil is easy. Good is the goal worth striving for.)
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To: NYer
What's the down side?
53 posted on 07/08/2013 3:36:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (This is a sarcasm tag for the retards unable to recognize sarcasm.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“40% of homosexual men claimed to have had sex with over 500 men.”

obama really gets around... I bet he has that Zulu Hulu Idi Amin strain of HIV.

LLS


54 posted on 07/08/2013 3:37:04 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
sebelius wants to allow "gays" to sell their blood again so Little Children, Seniors, Kings, Queens and In Betweens can share HIV equally with the rump pirates.

LLS

55 posted on 07/08/2013 3:40:55 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: WashingtonSource

Gay does not mean happy. Why we did let them steal a perfectly good word?


56 posted on 07/08/2013 3:41:27 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: al baby

It is impossible to contract aids via sex if they will follow your suggestion.

LLS


57 posted on 07/08/2013 3:42:07 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: NYer
US News reports that if HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to rise at the current rates, more than half of college-aged homosexual men will have HIV by the age of 50.

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I just don't understand this.

58 posted on 07/08/2013 3:42:42 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: NYer

just like a rise of rapes on men by homosexual men in the military since don’t ask was overturned


59 posted on 07/08/2013 3:42:56 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: manc

Nothing to worry about. Obama will gt them that anti AIDS vaccine. Of course there is no motivation to create it with the new taxes Obama is implementing.

Oh well.


60 posted on 07/08/2013 3:45:10 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
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