Posted on 10/17/2018 11:49:25 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
An HIV/AIDS group, whose board of advisers includes doctors from some of the most prestigious medical institutions in the country, says that "fear of Trump policies" may be a factor in the rising rate of HIV in Latino homosexual men. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS; 68% of new HIV infections in the United States occur in homosexual and bisexual men.
"The Body, The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource" is a service of Remedy Health Media in New York City, and it states that part of its mission is to "demystify HIV/AIDS and its treatment" and "use the Web to lower barriers between patients and clinicians."
On Oct. 15, 2018, The Body published an article with the headline, "Fear of Trump May Drive Rising HIV Rates in Latinx Gay Men." Latinx is the "gender-neutral" term for Latino.
The article talks about a 45-year-old gay man, "Daniel," who fled socialist Venezuela to live in Miami and get HIV treatment under the Ryan White CARE Act/AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The article also discusses how legal and illegal Latino immigrants deal with the pressures of the Trump administration's immigration policies and how those policies apparently fuel "extreme stress and anxiety."
"Daniel is now among countless HIV-positive Latinx immigrant men who have sex with men (MSM) living in the U.S., some documented, some not," reads the article. "They're part of a larger population of Latinx MSM, among whom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported recently that HIV rates were rising, even as they were dropping slightly among white MSM and remaining stable (although disproportionately high) among black MSM."
"But as the Trump administration cracks down on immigrants, advocates say that such a climate makes reversing HIV rates in Latinx gay men all the harder," the article states.
"That is not to say that Latinx MSM's HIV rates are rising because of immigrants, according to Oscar Lopez of Valley AIDS Council, in the Texas border town of Brownsville, which serves about 2,000 HIV-positive clients," according to The Body.
"'These rates have been climbing for multiple years,' he says," in the story. "'But I think fears around deportation and racism toward immigrants, feeling unsafe, and the stress of having to provide for your family all contribute toward poor mental health and the potential to abuse substances and expose yourself to HIV.'"
"'We're starting to see this definite pattern' around Latinx MSM immigrants, he says," in the article.
"In the Trump era, amid a string of hostile policies toward immigrants, MSM are certainly not the only Latinx people or immigrants experiencing extreme stress and anxiety," claims the report.
A "new stressor," according to the story is a proposed Trump administration rule "that would make it harder for documented immigrants to get green cards if they receive public assistance, including Medicaid, food stamps, and housing subsidies."
The rule, if implemented, "would certainly include documented Latinx MSM who rely on these programs for themselves or their family members," reads the article.
Further, Luis Scaccabarrozzi, vice president of the Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA), is quoted: "In the first months of the Trump administration, he says, 'We saw a rise in calls from people with HIV in [immigration] detention centers, mostly in California and Texas, who said they weren't getting their HIV meds. They knew they were being deported.' Unlike in the Obama administration, he says, 'ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] had been waiting for them as they exited their political asylum hearings.'"
The article also quotes Stephen Fallon, executive director of Latinos Salud: "'First, we have guys coming here HIV-negative from homophobic countries who've lived closeted most of their lives. It's exhilarating to be out and gay here, but sometimes they're exploited in the sex-for-security trade and economic insecurity leads them to compromising decisions' resulting in HIV acquisition."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "Anal sex is the highest-risk sexual behavior for HIV transmission.... The vast majority of men who get HIV get it through anal sex."
Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop advised that "the human rectum was just not designed" for sexual intercourse and that if one is going to engage in sex, then it should be with "the one right person ... what we call monogamy."
Uh huh. “I’m anxious about Trump so I think I’ll go have unprotected anal sex with as many other men as possible.” Now who would be skeptical about a smooth line like that?
“They’re going to deport us amigo!”
“Let’s have butt sex then!”
They fail to grasp that Trump was speaking metaphorically when he said, “OK libs, bend over, here it comes.”
AIDS is 100% avoidable. Why should we waste $ billions on finding a cure for a disease that a specific group purposely contracts?
Stop putting your junk in peoples butt.
That might solve it.
Is there anything negative that Globull Warming does NOT cause? Bueller, Bueller?
Howzabout don't do that?
That’s effing STUPID. Because of Trump, you find another faggot to hump? Seriously...
If it's not due to Global "Warming" either it is due to Trump, or "it wuz Putin" !
Now we have "Trump made me a fag".
Tomorrow "Putin made me smoke crack"
In Nov "Global Warming caused defeat of Democrats"
Trump causes more homo-butt sects?
I can demystify HIV/AIDS right now in just a few words:
You get HIV/AIDS by using shooting drugs with dirty needles or by sticking tab A into slot C, instead of slot B where it's designed to go.
See, it's not "mystifying" at all ...
You forgot:
- Terminate welfare in all shape, matter, form, type
- Arrest, prosecute and JAIL any/all govt employees colluding/harboring/obstructing/aiding/comforting/etc. (immediate loss of office/position, bennies/etc)
- Every employer violation = $1M adj. for inflation.
But NO eVerify (no Citizen need the permission of govt to work)
Think of it as evolution in action ...
What am I going to do? I got it, screw something rotten.
Yeah, whatever happened to “It’s their own damned fault.”?
I certainly hope the last line comes true.
Maybe the Demon Voter will just decide that it isn’t worth the effort to vote since doom is just around the corner.
It’s also causing them to find jobs out the yin-yang:-)
Is the sales pitch for the Brooklyn Bridge up next?
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