TXAGFAN said:
TChaney said:
I covered this already but it was moderated out.
Second try
This is misleading info about HIV infections.
Gay men are still overwhelmingly the carriers of HIV.
The claims seem to be based on a UKHSA report which shows that in 2020 in England,
There were 940 HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men and 1,010 in heterosexual people.
The proportion of men in the UK who identified as of gay or bisexual is 2.9% (approximately 754,000 men), compared to 93.7 percent of people who identified as heterosexual or straight.
You are showing your ignorance. Thanks to modern medicine there are as you included in your post millions of people living with HIV who have an undetectable level of virus. It's not the 80s and 90s anymore, it's not terminal and undetectable=untransmittable. Sorry to disappoint, I know that doesn't fit the narrative.
No, he's pointing out your fallacy on ignoring the base rate. When you say
rate you're talking about the number of those contracting HIV in comparison to their subpopulation total. A slightly higher number of diagnoses in straight people is not a higher rate of contraction when you consider that those identifying as straight outnumber those identifying as gay or bisexual by 30:1.
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Due to the increasing availability of Prep in UK's gay population I believe their data recently showed heterosexual people are contracting HIV at higher rates.
There's 67 million people in the UK. With those case numbers and identification rates, straights contract HIV at a rate of 1 per 62,000 individuals. Gays and bisexuals contract HIV at a rate of 1 per 2000 individuals.
So no, heterosexual people are not even close to contracting HIV at the same rates.