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Thread #153828   Message #3611817
Posted By: GUEST,Musket
22-Mar-14 - 08:43 AM
Thread Name: BS: Discussion of HIV transmission.
Subject: RE: BS: Discussion of HIV transmission.
Hang on, just putting the bunting up.

No irony, no sarcasm, no punch line coming up.

I 100% endorse what Keith just said.

Going further, gay men who practice safe sex are not necessarily in a risk group. The gay risk group is those who don't give a thought to safety, either all the time, which is irresponsible or very occasionally which is unlucky.

I used the word "necessarily" for a reason. One thing that has to be factored into any debate is that MSM did historically give us many index clusters. Ignorance of HIV before we started to tackle it affected that group more than heterosexual people as anal is a far more effective source of viriaemia than vaginal.

Hence the historical figures. Hence the worrying complacency in young women. Hence the need to ensure hate doesn't get away without scrutiny and dismissal.