tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147263375462229249.post6794338636579879694..comments2024-01-03T04:26:55.149-06:00Comments on LifeLube: New H.I.V. Cases Persist at 50,000 a YearNewPrevTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05705781012925480028noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147263375462229249.post-60483051366435460772011-08-04T13:23:33.532-05:002011-08-04T13:23:33.532-05:00Where is a graph showing changes over the last 20 ...Where is a graph showing changes over the last 20 years?...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147263375462229249.post-10230880561437498172011-08-04T11:19:07.927-05:002011-08-04T11:19:07.927-05:00Get tested before having sexual contact. Then make...Get tested before having sexual contact. Then make an informed decision.<br /><br />>"what are YOUR solutions to the problem?"<br />>"what you would do to deal with the high incidence rates among gay men in this country? and among other heavily impacted groups?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147263375462229249.post-52717065230417902212011-08-04T10:04:12.065-05:002011-08-04T10:04:12.065-05:00anon ----- so, pls, do tell, what are YOUR solutio...anon ----- so, pls, do tell, what are YOUR solutions to the problem? you clearly have a disdain for condoms, "so called safer sex" and all the drivers of the epidemic. pls, pls, pls, tell us - and the world - what you would do to deal with the high incidence rates among gay men in this country? and among other heavily impacted groups? the world would love to know.jim de lifelubenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147263375462229249.post-49353862377925592012011-08-04T09:10:54.424-05:002011-08-04T09:10:54.424-05:00same old excuses.same old excuses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147263375462229249.post-51367453054550602002011-08-04T08:32:07.101-05:002011-08-04T08:32:07.101-05:00Because the rate of new infections are about a lot...Because the rate of new infections are about a lot more than safe sex and condoms. They are about access to care and treatment - or the lack thereof. They are about access to testing and prevention services - or the lack thereof. New infections are about poverty, and housing insecurity, hunger, unemployment, lack of health insurance, homophobia and racism - among other things - that all conspire to keep people from accessing prevention services and healthcare. Condoms do work, and safe sex practices work as well. There is ample proof there. But so does providing treatment to people who are positive. And so does finding people who are positive early - so they can take appropriate measures to protect themselves and others. In the US - we have thousands and thousands of people on waiting lists for AIDS drugs. About half of all ppl living with HIV/AIDS have sporadic access to healthcare. Not even 20% of people living with HIV in the US have undetectable viral loads (being undetectable lowers the risk of onward transmission dramatically.) Many, many infections happen when people do not know their status. So, yes, condoms are great, and so are safer sex practices. But they alone cannot fully address incidence rates.jim de lifelubenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147263375462229249.post-49695332589157278862011-08-04T07:06:36.855-05:002011-08-04T07:06:36.855-05:00If so called safer sex practices and condoms work ...If so called safer sex practices and condoms work why hasn't the rate of new infections gone down?...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com