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.
Probably the same time 26 year olds became children.
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.
You nailed it GraceG.
Right on...
Here we go again. This time, the promiscuous cant claim they didnt 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....
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...
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.
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.
It is not an Exclusively homosexual disease.
However AIDS is a disease the flourishes in the male homosexual community.
Theyre all holding back until they get a cure...After that, theyll 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.
Basically the homosexual lifestyle is the embodiment (living out) of the satanic core belief of “do what thou wilt”.
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.
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.
“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.
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Gay does not mean happy. Why we did let them steal a perfectly good word?
It is impossible to contract aids via sex if they will follow your suggestion.
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I just don't understand this.
just like a rise of rapes on men by homosexual men in the military since don’t ask was overturned
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.
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