On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:04:17 -0500, Phil  wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 04:34:19 GMT, wbt{at}privacy.net wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:54:38 -0500, Phil  wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:39:04 GMT, wbt{at}privacy.net wrote:
>>>
>>>>AIDS prevention in the United States: a hit-and-miss affair
>>>>
>>>>Agence France-Presse - February 11, 2004
>>>>Pascal Barollier
>>>>
>>>>SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 11 (AFP) - AIDS prevention policies in the United
>>>>States have fallen short of their mark in large cities like New York,
>>>>researchers told a medical conference here.
>>>>
>>>>A study conducted in New York City in 2001 found that 2.8 percent of
>>>>the male population in the borough of Manhattan were HIV positive,
>>>>including 2.3 percent of the black male population.
>>>>
>>>>Among men aged 40-49, the proportion infected with HIV hit
3.9 percent
>>>>in Manhattan, according to the study by the New York Health
>>>>Department.
>>>>
>>>>David Nash, who headed the research project, said that
while "New York
>>>>City comprises three percent of the US population, it accounts for
>>>>over 15 percent of the nation's AIDS cases and 18 percent of
>>>>HIV-related deaths in 2001."
>>>>
>>>>The potentially lethal disease continues to affect blacks and
>>>>Hispanics significantly more than whites: The risk factor is five
>>>>times greater among black New Yorkers and 2.5 times greater among
>>>>Hispanic New Yorkers.
>>>>
>>>>And almost one-third of all HIV/AIDS cases in New York are
detected in
>>>>the advanced stages of the disease, reducing the chances of survival,
>>>>said Nash.
>>>>
>>>>Another study conducted at the University of North Carolina indicated
>>>>that high-risk sexual habits prevailed among black homosexuals.
>>>>
>>>>"This is a wake-up call. The HIV is still being
transmitted," said
>>>>Lisa Hightow, who took part in the study conducted at the University
>>>>of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between January 1, 2001 and March 1,
>>>>2003.
>>>>
>>>>It showed that unprotected anal sex was practiced by 25 percent to 40
>>>>percent of students participating in the study, whose average age was
>>>>22.
>>>>
>>>>And during the two years in which the study was conducted, 423 new
>>>>AIDS cases were reported among men in all of North Carolina -- 13
>>>>percent were students, 88 percent were blacks and 91 percent were
>>>>homosexuals.
>>>>
>>>>Researchers at the Atlanta, Georgia-based Centers for Disease Control
>>>>and Prevention (CDC) also focused on possible HIV
transmission between
>>>>the homosexual and heterosexual populations.
>>>>
>>>>CDC expert Greg Millett studied a group of poor black men who
>>>>described themselves as heterosexuals but who regularly had sexual
>>>>contact with other men. He concluded that this group could contribute
>>>>to homosexual-to-heterosexual HIV transmission.
>>>>
>>>>(...)
>>>
>>>Why did you edit the following from this article:
>>>
>>>"Another study found that 70 percent of all HIV/AIDS-infected people
>>>in the United States went to prison at some point in their lives. The
>>>study, however, questions the theory that AIDS transmission is running
>>>rampant in the prison system.
>>>
>>>Some two million people are behind bars, and 10 million people are
>>>imprisoned temporarily each year in the United States, which is home
>>>to some 292 million people.
>>>
>>>The studies were presented here during the 11th-annual Conference on
>>>Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, attended by some 4,000
>>>experts Sunday through Wednesday."
>>>
>>>It didn't help your agenda, perhaps?
>>
>>
>>You'd like to think that, fill, but it's simply because it's not
>>relevant to homosexuality.
>
>It wasn't relevant to homosexuality so you couldn't use it to spread
>your hatred.

I wasn't spreading hatred, fill, that's your disgruntled and bigoted
perception. What I'm spreading is truth. What pisses you off is that
you know it's the truth and you haven't the skill to suppress it.

>It didn't help your agenda, then.

It was relevant to the topic.

>
>
>Phil
>======
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