[GBA]

This was a matter of time and I'm surprised it's not happened sooner. Evolution and change is the nature of the virus and is why it's so difficult to fight them. Just when you get them nailed down, they change. New strains of the flu virus constantly appear and challenge those working on next year's flu shots.

AIDS/HIV is certainly scary, but not being gay or being promiscuous certainly cuts down the risk. If saying that isn't PC, that's too bad. However, there's plenty to fear from the flu, especially the bird flu which kills something like 80% of those who contract it.

[Judith Anne]

If/when Avian flu gets out of the Asian bird box, nobody will care at all what happens to gay men. They'll just die. No more money for drug cocktails (it will all go to treating flu patients), no more education (who would send their kids to school to catch it?) no more meetings to strategize (who would go to a meeting and catch it?) no more clinics (all filled with flu patients), the list goes on and on.

Avian flu would overwhelm the dollars, the docs, and the facilities. HIV+ gay men would all just...fall by the wayside.

No judgement either way, here, just the facts.