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CDC: Gay men represent 2% of the population, 52% of people with HIV
CBS ^ | 10-1-14

Posted on 10/01/2014 3:11:39 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) make up 2 percent of the U.S. population but are the group most definitively affected by HIV, with 63 percent of those newly infected by HIV representing this group.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly “Morbidity and Mortality” report shows that among persons newly infected with HIV in 2010, 63 percent were men who have sex with other men. Among Americans living with HIV, 52 percent were MSM – and a significant number of men with HIV are not receiving treatment.

“Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent approximately 2 percent of the United States population, yet are the risk group most affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),” reads the Sept. 26 CDC report. “Most gay and bisexual men acquire HIV through anal sex, which is the riskiest type of sex for getting or transmitting HIV.

“Having more sex partners compared to other men means gay and bisexual men have more opportunities to have sex with someone who can transmit HIV or another STD. Similarly, among gay men, those who have more partners are more likely to acquire HIV.”

Just one in two gay or bisexual men who have been diagnosed with HIV receives treatment for the virus, and only 42 percent had achieved viral suppression.

(Excerpt) Read more at atlanta.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aids; fdrq; gayagenda; hiv; homosexualagenda; lbgt; politicalcorrectness
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Reiterating the obvious.
1 posted on 10/01/2014 3:11:40 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
So how did the other 48% get infected by HIV?

Perhaps people are lying to the CDC about their sexual preferences?

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2 posted on 10/01/2014 3:15:15 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

AIDS is so homophobic!


3 posted on 10/01/2014 3:17:06 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (When Amnesty was granted 30 years ago, they promised to close the borders and enforce the law)
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To: LonePalm

“So how did the other 48% get infected by HIV?”

Needles, IV drugs. Sex with bisexuals.


4 posted on 10/01/2014 3:18:13 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Are gay/bi men really 2% of the adult population?
So 1 out of every 25 men is gay?

How come I know only 1?


5 posted on 10/01/2014 3:19:06 PM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I am guessing that the initials (MSM) in the article refer to the same MSM I am used to seeing referenced here on FR!


6 posted on 10/01/2014 3:19:10 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The survival of the fittest. Nature has a way of dealing with aberrancies that consume resources but do no procreate.


7 posted on 10/01/2014 3:19:38 PM PDT by allendale
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To: LucianOfSamasota

I don’t know any!


8 posted on 10/01/2014 3:21:39 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (any)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

2% = 1 in 50, not 1 in 25.


9 posted on 10/01/2014 3:23:02 PM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

2% is one out of 50....

Of course that was before Common Core math...


10 posted on 10/01/2014 3:23:11 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: rottndog

Half of adults are female, right?


11 posted on 10/01/2014 3:24:33 PM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: Red_Devil 232
Different acronyms but the same people.

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12 posted on 10/01/2014 3:24:43 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I really thought it was a higher percentage of the population that was gay - wow.


13 posted on 10/01/2014 3:25:01 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tactical Firearms,Katy Tx: "the two enemies of guns, rust and politicians")
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To: LonePalm

Sharing needles and/or men who take their recreation wherever they can get it, thus passing the disease to women.


14 posted on 10/01/2014 3:25:28 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

So why do the 98 % have to bake them a damn cake?


15 posted on 10/01/2014 3:26:07 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I really thought it was a higher percentage of the population that was gay - wow.

That's what the MSM and the LGBT agitators want us to believe.

16 posted on 10/01/2014 3:26:27 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: allendale

Most individuals who embrace the concept of same-sex physical gratification are of self-destructive tendencies anyway, so this just speeds things along a little.

For being “gay”, some of these people are the saddest and most morose of human beings. Perhaps that sobriquet was endowed satirically?


17 posted on 10/01/2014 3:26:32 PM PDT by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Really, you don’t know anyone who is gay?


18 posted on 10/01/2014 3:26:43 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tactical Firearms,Katy Tx: "the two enemies of guns, rust and politicians")
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To: jsanders2001

LOLOLOL! My thoughts, exactly!


19 posted on 10/01/2014 3:27:15 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I wonder if they are counting all other forms of weird - like cross dressers or transgendered (which still bothers me because it doesn’t mean they are in the process of changing, just that they want to be the opposite sex) - obviously this 2% is men, and I assume another 2% is female


20 posted on 10/01/2014 3:28:20 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Tactical Firearms,Katy Tx: "the two enemies of guns, rust and politicians")
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