You know what the most ironic aspect of this sideshow is?

I keep saying what a problem HIV is, and that it is an issue for the gay population. Those with an agenda insist on saying I am blinkered to the issue and keep saying there is no problem.

There is no problem that needs rounding up sections of society and putting them on a register. There is no problem that curtailing freedom would address. Even if such an action had health benefits, which it clearly wouldn't. In a fit of common sense, Goofus pointed the problem out.

But there is a health problem, and yes, gay people are at risk still, together with heterosexual people. I have patiently explained why here in The UK, we need to employ hundreds of doctors in public health and the support they get because there is no definitive "here is the issue, now fund sorting it" repository of information. The HSCIC is the nearest we have, and other agencies such as HPA / PHE use their figures. Even Keith might be able to find the articles in the last week regarding primary care, ie, people going to their GP with an issue, not being part of the statistics unless they come in much later as a secondary care referral. Hence, and I hate using the term but here goes again, meta analysis of all health related data reveals the huge heterosexual risk. HPA data demonstrates trends based on historical trajectory, and that is useful. Putting it in with other data and applying it locally is what specialised commissioning bodies and CCGs in The NHS do, as just about all sexual health services are publicly funded here. Locally, we are bidding to enlarge the gynaecology service to address the tertiary end of female sexual health issues, and having read the business case only yesterday, the complications from promiscuity are on the increase, including unmet viral complaint, (HIV in the main.)

Apparently, because I am involved in all this, I know less than disgusting homophobes who occasionally let their bigotry slip in this thread and others, revealing their true interest.

Well fuck 'em.