Royston, in replying to your assertion that many AIDS victims now survive much longer (which is true) I pointed out that Deaths within the first year of diagnosis accounted for 18% (29/159) of all deaths among MSM in 2007.
That is a fact, and pertinent to our discussion.
No need for a vast cut and paste that no one will read.

No lies from me. Ever.

My "but not certain" statement.
You had stated as fact that most MSMs were not infected, but you had not established that.
You still have not.
I have looked into it and I am now confident that it is true.
No lies from me. I just like to be sure of the facts.

You say I try to count the dead as living.
It is convenient for you that death removes infected people from the statistics.
I am concerned with the numbers of people who succumb.
Those who have died are entitled to be counted.
No lies from me. I regard it as deceitful to try to hide the dead.

You say the median age of death tells us nothing about the future.
I was concerned with the present situation.
For the future, the median age is creeping up.
No lies from me.

Kevin de Cock.
Have you decided to reinstate him?
I thought everything he said had been repudiated.
He made one passing mention of "networks" but his explanation of what he meant, multiple and concurrent sexual partners, is really a description of behaviour.