AIDS Rate for Gay Men Climbs

Los Angeles Times ^ | Thu, Dec 02, 2004 | Thomas H. Maugh II

[presidio9]

The number of newly diagnosed HIV and AIDS cases among gay and bisexual men grew 11% in the four-year period ending in 2003, raising fears of a new outbreak of the disease in a group experts said had become increasingly casual about taking protective measures.

The increase was offset by a decline in new cases among intravenous drug users, so the overall rate increased by 1% over the same period, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Wednesday on World AIDS Day.

The CDC estimates that about 40,000 new HIV infections occur each year in the U.S., and that between 850,000 and 950,000 Americans are living with the disease, with about 280,000 not knowing they are infected, said Dr. Ronald O. Valdiserri, deputy director of the CDC's HIV prevention program. About 18,000 die of AIDS each year in the U.S.

The number of new infections has remained stable since the mid-1990s, when the burgeoning use of anti-HIV drugs lowered virus transmissions and death. But the mark is seen as a setback because the government had set the goal of cutting the rate of new infections in half by 2005.

"We have a ways to go before we reach [that] mark," Valdiserri said in a telephone briefing with reporters.

"It's simply unacceptable that so many people continue to be infected by this virus," said Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the CDC.

Men who have sex with men bore the initial brunt of the AIDS epidemic and account for 44% of newly diagnosed cases, according to the new data. But complacency brought on by effective AIDS drugs and the time that had elapsed since the initial ravages of the epidemic had led to an increase in unsafe sex practices, officials said.

[biblewonk]

bug/butt chasers.

[JesseHousman]

Finally, some good news for a change.

[zahal724]

The number of newly diagnosed HIV and AIDS cases among gay and bisexual men grew 11% in the four-year period ending in 2003, raising fears of a new outbreak of the disease in a group experts said had become increasingly casual about taking protective measures.

One out of every 10 gay men has HIV or AIDS...

[litehaus]

Who woulda thought?

[DemforBush]

Obviously the fault of the Reagan Administration.


</looney lefty logic>

[anniegetyourgun]

"It's simply unacceptable that so many people continue to be infected by this virus," said Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the CDC."

Fornication bites.

[7.62 x 51mm]

No sympathy here, rump-raiders. You pay your money, you take your chances.

[aimhigh]

"It's simply unacceptable that so many people continue to be infected by this virus,"

Wrong.

"It's simply unacceptable that so many irresponsible people continue to be infected by this virus,"

[Tax-chick]

Tomorrow's news: Sun comes up ... in the EAST!

[zygoat]

It's fear of bush fault.

[F16Fighter]

Men who have sex with men bore the initial brunt of the AIDS epidemic and account for 44% of newly diagnosed cases...

And men who have sex with teenage boys and "transgendered she-males" account for the remaining 56%.

[FormerLib]

Self-destruction is the meat-and-potatoes of the homosexual deathstyle.

[backhoe]

Somehow, it's Boosh's fault.

[bray]

2% of the population account for 44% of the new cases, were talking epidemic in homosexual community. If tobacco guaranteed a 1 in 4 chance of catching cancer, tobacco would be outlawed!! With AIDS we treat them as Saints.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Richard Kimball]

Writing a story about AIDS is like juggling chain saws. The reasons for the infections are obvious, but the east and left coast liberal elite cannot accept these reasons, because they don't like where it takes them.

[presidio9]

ping

[Publius6961]

Constitutional right to lifestyle.

Works for me.

[Puppage]

Uphill Gardners

[Arrowhead1952]

AIDS Rate for Gay Men Climbs

DUH

Whould'a thunk it?

[w1andsodidwe]

The increase was offset by a decline in new cases among intravenous drug users, so the overall rate increased by 1% over the same period, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Wednesday on World AIDS Day.

Does this mean that the "Don't alter your behavior, just wear a condom" campaign is not working?

[toomanygrasshoppers]

I'm so tired of the ads that claim that the spread of AIDS is caused by the public's "apathy". Somehow we are all at fault because we don't throw enough money at this problem. I do feel bad for the women and children who are infected in third world countries. If the blame was to be put on those who spread this disease and not the rest of the world, then that might be a first step toward stopping it.

[Banjoguy]

GOOD!

[DBeers]

The number of newly diagnosed HIV and AIDS cases among gay and bisexual men grew...

It is rumored that celibate homosexuals have a far lower rate of incidence; conversely, that the abusive practice of sodomy seems to be a clear predictive indicator; even among trans gendered bisexual ACLU attorneys...

[dfwgator]

This is one ugly thread guys. I wouldn't wish AIDS on my worst enemy. Remember, love the sinner but hate the sin. It is sad that gays can't see the errors of their ways, but this news is nothing to cheer about.

[rellimpank]

---and if we'd quit subsidizing them through Medicare and assorted state welfare programs, the problem would solve itself -by death--

[Monterrosa-24]

Sex education still commonly refers to faggot sex as safe sex as long as a condom is used while hetero sex is described as unsafe sex unless a condom is used.

Most hetero AIDS transmission involves males who are either drug users or "bisexual" and transmit to women via anal sex.

The miracle of AIDS:" turns fruits into vegetables".

[Triple]

Why are the acts that men perform with other men called sex and not sodomy?

[50sDad]

Based only on the number of cases, funding to fight heart disease (another mostly-choice-related disease) shoudld be quadrupled, and funding of AIDS research should be slashed.

Think about it...I eat yummy junk food that I know is bad for me, and I am told that I am hopelessly selfish, that I am a dead weight on a thinly stretched medicial insurance industry, that I should have more control and act responsibly. Homsexuals do "what feels good" to them, and they are told that they were born that way, they cannot change, that the real culprit is the Evil Republicans who won't put every dollar the govenment takes from my pocket into inventing a magic bullet that will allow them to go right on doing what they want to do with no consequences.

What's the Kinsey lie...one in ten Americans are homosexual? But the TV (which never lies) tells me that 6 in ten Americans are overweight! Clearly, we should take six times the current funding in AIDS research and put it into developing salty, fatty snack foods that have no calories or fat so that I can go right on mistreating my body with no consequences! Hey, it's only fair!

Plese, STOP THE INSANITY!

[50sDad]

"Let's not be mean. We don't have to be mean."
--------------------Bucaroo Banzai

[AppyPappy]

Geez, ya'll some ignorant SOB's.



BREAKING NEWS: GAMBLERS SOMETIMES LOSE MONEY

[highlandbreeze]

AIDS is the ugliest disease I have ever seen in my lifetime. No one should have to suffer like that and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

Even if you don't agree with the act, it's not good news.

[Nov3]

You misunderstood the statement. It grew 11 percent. The actuall rate could be higher or lower.

[joesnuffy]

A problem might be that a 'constitutional right' to a death style will mean many infected dying people are literaly 'walking incubators' for an infectious disease that is Not Just A Sexually Transmitted Disease...

AIDS is also able to infect via other venues...air...food...water...AIDS can be transmitted other than sexually and can be used as a bio terror weapon...in spite of what AIDS activists and their apologists/enablers/propagandists would have us believe...

Dr. Lorraine Day (former surgeon) witnessed and proved it...in a San Francisco hospital where she was chief...(surgical techs were infected by air borne AIDS virus) AIDS activists (terrorists) threatened her life and the lives of her family members for taking this public...

imo

[GianniV]

What about a "sin tax" on sodomy to pay for AIDS-related healthcare? Supposedly, the tobacco lawsuits were all about paying for treatment of cancer victims - so how about taxing homosexuals everytime they engage in sodomy?

[zahal724]

You're right. My bad. Thanks for pointing it out.

[rollo tomasi]

"Shazam!" and "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"--Gomer Pyle

[DemforBush]

Well said. I mock the "blame the conservatives" mantra of the far lefties, but I don't think there's profit in sinking to their level of dialogue.

Just my opinion.

[presidio9]

This is one ugly thread guys. I wouldn't wish AIDS on my worst enemy.

I agree that there have been some inappropriate responses to this article. A close childhood friend of mine was one of the disease's early vicitms back in the 80's (he was a hemophiliac who died at the age of 14) and I would not wish AIDS on my worst enemy. But the point is that this epidemic is entirely preventable, and until we grow up and admit what is actually causing it we are never going to solve the problem. For a sobering look at the reality of AIDS, please read This Post.

[AQGeiger]

Could you please provide some supporting sources for this? I was under the impression that the AIDS virus dies very shortly after it comes in contact with the air.

[Psalm 73]

Interesting - so who really loves them:
The Liberal Left who wants to let them continue in their dance of death,
or
Christians, who know that Jesus Christ is the bondage breaker and miracle maker who can heal them, if only they would repent and turn to Him......

[little jeremiah]

Newspeak.

[trebb]

It's official: Fat people aren't responsible for overeating and not exercising, so it only follows that folks with AIDS aren't reponsible for irresponsible sex habits.

[DBeers]

Yes, Aids could be virtually eradicated in one generation...

[Banjoguy]

Yeah, we do.

[shiva]

If it were measles we were taking about the public would be demanding and shouting...Quarantine!

[COEXERJ145]

This is one ugly thread guys. I wouldn't wish AIDS on my worst enemy. Remember, love the sinner but hate the sin. It is sad that gays can't see the errors of their ways, but this news is nothing to cheer about.

I was thinking the same thing.