Do you still deny, all other factors being equal, that the larger the number of infected people in a sexual network - wherever and however they became infected - the greater is the risk of any one uninfected person becoming infected.?

This is why HIV affects gay men, prostitutes and junkies - small sexual networks. It only takes a small number, or one, infected person to spark an epidemic.

People who were infected in Africa and moved here and then were diagnosed have been the factor increasing dramatically the number of straight people living with HIV in this country. That has increased the risk for the straight population - more carriers in their pool.

Then you have a 500% increase in UK-acquired infections. It is reasonable to hypothesise that the former could be responsible for the latter. If true, the problem will get steadily worse. It is a real risk that must be confronted, not dismissed so that "normal white folk" are falsely reassured.

It's what I said when I came into this debate in early January, it's what your de Cock said - but not explicitly - when he quoted sexual networks as the most significant factor driving the spread of the disease.

Do you really not get it?