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Willravel · 12-28-2007, 04:28 PM

There's no misrepresentation. According to Ustwo's link, in 2005 in the US there were 17,230 cases of homosexual males having AIDS and 12,388 cases of heterosexuals having AIDS. That's total cases, not how many people contracted it that year. That information, which would be illuminating to this discussion, is sadly missing.

The relevant question is: who is more likely to contract AIDS today, a homosexual or heterosexual? That answer isn't provided by his link. Some people live over 20 years with AIDS, which means the people in the groups of 17,230 and 12,388 may have gotten AIDS many years ago, when it most certainly was more prevalent among homosexuals.

I hope that makes it more clear.

12-28-2007, 04:28 PM	#37 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	There's no misrepresentation. According to Ustwo's link, in 2005 in the US there were 17,230 cases of homosexual males having AIDS and 12,388 cases of heterosexuals having AIDS. That's total cases, not how many people contracted it that year. That information, which would be illuminating to this discussion, is sadly missing. The relevant question is: who is more likely to contract AIDS today, a homosexual or heterosexual? That answer isn't provided by his link. Some people live over 20 years with AIDS, which means the people in the groups of 17,230 and 12,388 may have gotten AIDS many years ago, when it most certainly was more prevalent among homosexuals. I hope that makes it more clear.