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Originally Posted by james t kirk
I think he was putting into perspective for her.
Well, according to this link, your odds of contracting HIV in a hetrosexual encounter are about 1 in 5 million.
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Well, let me think. The "expert" site you cite answers a question in 1988. Let me see if my tiny mind can handle the math. Would that be 19 years ago? Somehow I doubt that response would be even close to valid today.
Back at'cha: I
am saying be careful, and I am saying that you need to keep things in perspective.
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No, you should not be annoying the clinics. They are there to do a job and they can't do that job if every little straight girl or boy is in there every 2 months because they want to have sex with someone new and they want their papers.
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job to make sure these men and women, of any sexual persuasion, race or nationality, can have their papers. If the limitation is three months, I don't have issue with that.
Huh? Are you rolling up your sleeves or something?
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Since you obviously didn't click on my link, I'll excerpt it for you to make it clear where my statements are coming from (based on my own testing experience at HF.)
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Wrong assumption. Still doesn't make what your doctor said correct. You can go to the best school out there, but if your teacher sucks, you may not learn.
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HFC always attempts to accommodate as many people as possible. However, because of the ever increasing demand, it is our policy to screen individuals requesting an HIV appointment to limit the number of unnecessary tests, especially for individuals who are at no or low risk for HIV transmission, and those who repeat their tests too often. Moreover, some clients are unaware of the window period for HIV testing.
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EDIT: All I ever wanted to get across was that the heterosexual stats have been rising, thus risk rises also, and although he may want to soothe you while you await results, he has no business insinuating that it's a gay disease. No matter how "low" the risk is, people often don't know they have it by the time they've spread it to multiple partners and their partners, etc.
If you want the facts about transmittal and the real numbers, try unaids.org. Lots of PDFs that just came out and are difficult to sift through. But Western European stats amongst heterosexuals is specified as on the rise. New infections as of 2007 are 2.5 million, with 33 million that are currently (reported) living with AIDS.
I don't want to argue about how many tests one should or shouldn't take. If the risk of getting hit by a bus is only 1:100,000, would you run in front of a bus to see what happens? I'd rather see people overly cautious, caring enough about their partners not to take any risk whatsoever, than to say "odds are it'll never happen to me."