Of course they do, but at a miniscule fraction of the rate of those in their 60's and 70's. Adjusting for expected years of life lost takes all of those factors into account.
I reiterate, I am not defending the homosexual lifestyle or agenda. I am simply pointing out that the NIH is on a sound actuarial footing when they fund AIDS research in the manner they do. We can debate whether this is a good thing, but not the underlying mathematics.
-ccm
Yes, I know you are not defending the gay lifestyle.
By the underlying mathematics on disease and disease prevention is always based on the number of people affected, not the remaining years of life of an affected group.
Aid for HIV/AIDs has been overblown for years based on any cost/benefit ratio, solely due to its strident and media savvy advocates.
Nonetheless, it is a preventable disease, which after 25 years, should in no way be shgowing the same kinds of infection rates that we saw in the 1980s. Obviously, personal behavior is affecting these rates.
The Nazi Party was on sound actuarial footing when they decided to eliminate "useless eaters" from the public dole.