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To: blanknoone
They also peg the male to female transmission awfully low at 0.1%. That would apply to both male hetero and male bisexual carriers...yet there are still more than 6,000 cases a year.


At least 6000 who claim that they weren't also doing IV drugs. Keep in mind that a woman receiving anal sex from an IV drug user is about at the same risk as a gay man receiving the same.

Also, these 6000 are concentrated heavily in the most drug-infested cities. Sex practices are fairly widely distributed, but IV drugs aren't.

I'll bet that if you investigated each and every case, you would find that the vast majority of all infected women were IV drug users or had sex with IV drug users.

The AIDS situation among those who do not
1. do IV drugs or receive anal sex from those who do
2. receive anal sex from others who also receive anal sex or do IV drugs,
Is essentially non-existent.
72 posted on 03/19/2004 2:23:27 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
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To: Beelzebubba
IV drug use is pretty easy to establish medically...and as the statistics show more IV drug use cases than hetero transmission, it obviously has been looked into pretty closely. (I really doubt a majority acknowledge that right off the bat)

The AIDS situation among those who do not 1. do IV drugs or receive anal sex from those who do 2. receive anal sex from others who also receive anal sex or do IV drugs, Is essentially non-existent

There are few fewer cases than the alarmists would have people believe, but it happens and in significant numbers, just not epidemic numbers.

75 posted on 03/19/2004 3:02:30 PM PST by blanknoone (Give Kerry enough nuance, and he will hang himself.)
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