"It would be equally mathematically correct, and equally meaningless to state,
"Since 1975, the rise in heterosexual HIV infection is over a billion, trillion percent!" "


No it wouldn't.


The 500% stat tells us about a significant change in heterosexuals which is going on NOW - TODAY.

This is directly relevant to this dicsussion and completely undermines the assertion that heterosexaual education is unnecessary and wasteful.

When you bear in mind that 10% think you can't get pregnant if you have sex standing up, you get a snapshot of some very vulnerable and at risk young straight people in our society.


The billion trillion % stat tells us that in 1975 we discovered a disease called AIDS.

So the 500% stat is relevant and meaningful.

And the comparison you have made is a bad one.