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Why do so many people have HIV?
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....
you are a basketcase the reason is anxiety will cause a panic in the mind and then evrything you read seems to happen thats all and hiv is a fragile virus
is certainly is a hard virus to understand. i'm going to assume we will never fully understand it. hopefully more research will provide more answers in time.
A lot of people have the virus beause of their lifestyles. While a one time exposure may pose little risk, a repeated behavior will increase the overall risk each time (i.e. not using condoms every time, sharing needles often etc...). Over time, this risk increases, but this does not mean a person can't contract the virus from a one time exposure. However, in most cases, people will not. My guess regarding some African countries results from poor education and poverty. Many people don't believe they have to protect themselves and certain governments don't put the money or time into HIV/AIDS education and prevention (they just ignore it or give false info.). That's my guess.
africa is unique in the fact that many of the men are uncirc and women don't always have the ability to insist on protection...i'm sure there is a lot of sex going on w/ multiple partners and it gets transmitted because so many people aren't safe.
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.
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
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
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
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..
HIV is such a successful virus (in terms of propagation) because it has such a long propogation time in the body before symptoms begin to appear (AIDS) which allows the host the opportunity to spread it unknowingly sexually. The case with Africa is due to poverty and lack of education. The cheapest way to avoid HIV is to use protection during any sexual encounters, but if you can imagine, a condom that costs maybe 75 cents here is almost impossible for a poor farmer in Africa to buy. You also have AIDS dissidents like the president of South Africa, who claims HIV is not the cause of AIDS.
One thing I don't understand is that Dr.HHH saying that major population of gaymen are infected. Not straight men and women. Why gaymen are at higher risk? Does condoms have risk of breaking with gay anal sex? I don't get it.
Also, according to Dr.HHH, US don't have that many people infected. What exactly is the number here? I mean, 1 out of how many are infected? What is their habits? straight or gay?
Thanks
Also, according to Dr.HHH, US don't have that many people infected. What exactly is the number here? I mean, 1 out of how many are infected? What is their habits? straight or gay?
Thanks
So what exactly is the fact? Would you please insight me? I would appreicate that for future concerns.
Ok, let me know if my calculation is wrong here:
Total US population: 301,139,947
Total People infected with hiv: 1,185,000
US population/infected people = 1 in 254
That is with reported cases. There are many people who don't even know they got it. That's a lot. Which leaves me to wonder why doctor says that not that many people are infected.
This is what I found from cdc website.
Category of Transmission:
Male-to-male sexual contact: 18,296
Injection Drug Use: 5292
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use: 1324
High-risk heterosexual contact: 11,989 (So much with no tranasmission of Heteosexual contact)
Link: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm
Total US population: 301,139,947
Total People infected with hiv: 1,185,000
US population/infected people = 1 in 254
That is with reported cases. There are many people who don't even know they got it. That's a lot. Which leaves me to wonder why doctor says that not that many people are infected.
This is what I found from cdc website.
Category of Transmission:
Male-to-male sexual contact: 18,296
Injection Drug Use: 5292
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use: 1324
High-risk heterosexual contact: 11,989 (So much with no tranasmission of Heteosexual contact)
Link: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm
That info was just for 2005 that's why I said that it was BS to say that not that many people are infected. You seen for yourself the number of infected heterosexuals just for one year. Yes, gays are the majority of those infected.
That info was just for 2005 that's why I said that it was BS to say that not that many people are infected. You seen for yourself the number of infected heterosexuals just for one year. Yes, gays are the majority of those infected.
That info was just for 2005 that's why I said that it was BS to say that not that many people are infected. You seen for yourself the number of infected heterosexuals just for one year. Yes, gays are the majority of those infected in the US.
That info was just for 2005 that's why I said that it was BS to say that not that many people are infected. You seen for yourself the number of infected heterosexuals just for one year. Yes, gays are the majority of those infected in the US.
That info was just for 2005 that's why I said that it was BS to say that not that many people are infected. You seen for yourself the number of infected heterosexuals just for one year. Yes, gays are the majority of those infected in the US.
That info was just for 2005 that's why I said that it was BS to say that not that many people are infected. You seen for yourself the number of infected heterosexuals just for one year. Yes, gays are the majority of those infected in the US.
That info was just for 2005 that's why I said that it was BS to say that not that many people are infected. You seen for yourself the number of infected heterosexuals just for one year. Yes, gays are the majority of those infected in the US.
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