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.
Amen brother and one day they will have to face HIM and all of the litigation, explanations and excuses in the world will not matter. Gabriel will not listen.
LLS
They make it sound as though AIDS was some kind of natural disaster, like a flood or an earthquake, rather than the predictable consequence of certain behavior.
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They're human beings. What they're doing is wrong, but they have fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers who love them and want them to live healthy and happy lives.
nambla... one of o’bunghole’s favorite peoples!
LLS
Oh, but according to the MSM the homosexual lifestyle is “normal and healthy.” /sarc
How soon before the AIDS virus mutates and becomes resistant to the antivirus cocktails many of the infected take? Most deaths from AIDS are seldom reported as deaths from AIDS. Usually you see deaths of young men reported as pneumonia or massive infections or they "died after a long illness." The Democrat Statist Media has been covering up the AIDS deaths for years.
DUH !
Ironically, the anti-virus cocktail that keeps people with AIDS alive is so expensive that only the very wealthy can afford it. And by the way, didn’t Mr. “do what thou wilt” Alexair Crowley die in a madhouse, ravaged by syphilis and opium addiction?
Don't allow it. Sodomite, homosexual, queer....they all work just fine for me.
The very wealthy can afford it out of pocket. The less wealthy who are in health plans have their fellow plan members paying for it. The rest have the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, paid for by state and federal government grants, where there is currently a waiting list because the money allotted is insufficient to cover the growing cost. In other words, one way or another, it's you and me.
The cost shouldn't be growing, and the number of patients shouldn't be increasing. It is so because people will not stop the behavior that caused the problem: unprotected receptive anal intercourse and contaminated needle practices associated with drug use. Stop those and you may not stop the disease, but you'll stop the epidemic.
Of course they are. They are beginning to discuss sexuality with children in the 1st grade. This is what comes of allowing the left complete control of media and education. They get your kids at a very young age, and they immediately begin destroying their innocence. Try to find a married, heterosexual couple in an elementary school textbook. Try to find a boy, being active in an elementary school textbook. Basically, boys sit and watch girls playing sports, or making decisions.
I am a firm supporter of vouchers --- and, not just for poor black kids in bad neighborhoods. For everyone! Getting kids out of the union shops that are laughingly referred to as schools, should really be the top priority of anyone who loves our country and cares about kids.
yet our children and probably everyone forcd into obamacare will ALL be tested for HIV
and the blood of homosexual men will be forced into our blood banks
all in the name of political correctness
Romans 1: 27
And the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity.
And if you think that the perverted school curriculum is bad now, just wait until this fall, when homosexuality is COMPLETELY normalized, as homosexual “marriage” becomes the law of the land.
It’s going to be all sodomy, all the time.
There won’t be any delay in implementation, either. Don’t think that progressive foundations and textbook publishing houses haven’t been waiting for this day.
A mountain of crap is about to fall on American schools. Unpleasant image intended.
And how many Christians will pull their children?
when their 10 year old girlfriends can go to a drugstore and buy “Plan B” abortificants off the shelf
Austerity measures will be unavoidable in the near future, and programs like that will be closed for lack of government spending.
“Announcements of cures and vaccines have been made for about three decades. It’s propaganda.”
It is a pitch for research $$$; like other diseases, whole industries have grown up around them that would disappear with a cure.
That is also why no libs are pushing the one tried-and-true remedy: abstinence.
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