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.


>
>Phil
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