Homosexual men are an immune compromised demographic and were prior to the emergence of AIDS (immune compromised = population with more infections, more hospitalizations, more chronic conditions). This has been known for several decades. New studies just add to the mountain of evidence.
Unfortunately most people think homosexuals aren’t destructive and are born that way because of the influence of the MSM. They can look reality in the face and ignore it because of something they’ve seen on TV.
AIDS was originally going to be called GRID, which is an acronym standing for Gay Related Immune Deficiency. But the name was changed, so as not to foster a stereotype of this disease process being associated with homosexual men.
I don’t know if they’ve changed the name, but there is a condition known as gay bowel disease. Long before the AIDS epidemic. Also gays have a much higher propensity to smoke and do drugs and drink than the general population. So that may have something to do with this disparity. I find it interesting that my gay patients are no older than 50. I don’t think I’ve treated a 70 plus year old homosexual. At least not that they told me. Plus they were in their “prime” in the 1950s. NOT a cool time to be gay, so they probably were very discrete with their affairs. Mr.Sulu, yes. Has had a lover for decades. Not HIV positive. Robert Reed from Brady Bunch, not so much. He was the quintessential “ho” for gay sex and was extremely careless. In fact, he would pick up hustlers on the street, then threaten to kill them if they told anyone about “Mr.Brady”.