Why do so many people have HIV?

[Basketcase830]

After reading these forums and everything related to hiv. It seems like it isnt that easy to catch. 1/2000 with an infected person with a condom. can't get it from oral. 1/100 anally. It just seems like so many people have it but when i read this forum it seems like everyone says it so hard to get. Everyone has all the symptoms but most test negative. Anyone have an answer for this. And why does it seem to run so rampant in africa? just curious....

[troggs]

Hiv is on the rise because people have dropped there guard down some. I think that there is a misconception that it's not so bad anymore, just a few pills and your good when that's far from the truth of it all. Nobody talks about hiv  until it's too late, people act like hiv does not exsist until they are confronted with it, some of the posts i've read on this forum, the body and aidsmeds , ect.. ..senseless exposures that they are going to have to live down for the rest of their lives man..i never understand why people are willing to risk so much for so little. I don't get it..

[needhonesthelp]

where did u here 1 in 300?

[Teak]

That's not true at all. Even if a person has an undetectable VL they can still infect others. Your blood VL has nothing to do with your semen VL

[samson123456]

i dont know much abt a HIV
but i belive virus has to enter in blood but how does i.e 1 time any kind of sex or more u do
no 1 can predict
also it depend up on concentration of virus in exposed liquid

[hopeless4now]

I was told at the clinic in Miami that Miami-Dade county is 1 in 40 people (ughh). Way above the national average. If my tests come out negative, perhaps I'll move, or stay inside my apartment and play video games day after day after day.

[alienshadow]

heres one for you in the us 1 in 300 have hiv