CDC Website

[Confused about HIV risk]

I went to the CDC website for shits and giggles just to see what they had to say about HIV transmission via oral sex.  'It is possible to transmit HIV through giving or receiving oral sex, although the risk is less than anal or vaginal intercourse.'  Simply amazing, since most people going to the CDC website are probably worried wells in the first place seeking help for anxiety over a one-time event.  How can the website even justifiy saying receiving oral sex is a 'low risk' for HIV transmission, since there has NEVER been a documented case of HIV transmission from receiving fellatio or cunnilingus.  Wouldn't that make it a 'non risk' activity?  The audacity.  No wonder so many people are paranoid and misinformed.

[scared_and_confused]

i think alot of people on this forum along with myself suffer from post traumatic stress syndrome and cannot shake this irrational fear that we have had for such a long time. lets make a hypothetical situation. Lets imagine death came to John and said in august 27 at 12pm you are going to die and provided proof of why he was going to die. That person will prepare his body and his mind for facing death. he will contact loved ones and prepare for death. And then if on that day he does not die, he will be happy at first but unceratin of what happened since his mind was preparing for death all along. The uncertainty is that he could die tomorrow and what if death gave him the wrong date, all these what ifs...Once you worry about Hiv it stays on your mind for quite sometime, that is what I believe...but hey I am just one of those Johns

[farfromperfect]

I concurr

[scared_and_confused]

thats nothing i had a 3 month test come back negative and told a nurse when i visited the doctor the next day and she said it was not conclusive and "if i was her son I would re test to make sure"..what a b*tch

[farfromperfect]

Yeah, and you should see how it feels to have some hick doctor who acts like he knows everything talk to you about hiv, and give you incidences of people getting hiv on their very first sexual encounter.  That's one of the many things I dealt with.  Like you said, no wonder so many are paranoid and scared to freakin death.  Medical professionals need to get their facts straight.  Scare tactics are not needed for combatting HIV.  Doctors, nurses, and the like should understand the impact that stress and anxiety can have on someone and spare the CYA BS.  

[regularjoey]

CDC policy is "better safe than sorry", also known as "cya".
The last thing CDC worries about is how the worried wells feel...