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HIV Infection Rate Among Blacks Doubles

By JEFF DONN (Direct descendent of Joseph Stalin! - tha malcontent)
Associated Press Writer Feb 25, 8:10 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) � The HIV infection rate has doubled among blacks in the United States over a decade while holding steady among whites � stark evidence of a widening racial gap in the epidemic, government scientists said Friday.

(ap) - At no point in this story will the Personal Choice of having Anal Sex with another man be part of the problem regarding this increase in HIV Infection. Check this story for some of the Facts regarding Homosexuals that this AP story will surely Ignore: HomospreadHIV. I bet that a lack of proper Healthcare will be blamed for the spread, but not the Factually Documented source of the majority of new HIV Infections in this country to date... Homosexual Sex, Man on Man. Check the CDC for the numbers, but once again, their most recent data puts the majority of new HIV infections in the Deviant Camp. (www.cdc.gov) We are talking about 2% of the Population, and that's being generous. Something tells me that there will be no reference to Sexual Choices in any form in this entire story... Let's read along and see, mmmkay! - tha malcontent)

(An Amendment to the original story based on CDC statistics... Yeah, it's a "Black Thing"... It's still an "Anal Sex/Lifestyle" thing... According to this, only 26.3% of HIV/AIDS in 2003 was a product of "Heterosexual Sex" in the Black Community amongst Men, who then Infect the Women. - tha malcontent)

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/afam.htm

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RISK FACTORS AND BARRIERS TO PREVENTION

Race and ethnicity are not, by themselves, risk factors for HIV infection. However, African Americans are more likely to face challenges associated with risk for HIV infection, including the following.

Partners at Risk

African American women are most likely to be infected with HIV as a result of sex with men [2]. They may not be aware of their male partners� possible risks for HIV infection such as unprotected sex with multiple partners, bisexuality, or injection drug use [5]. According to a recent study of HIV infected and noninfected African American men who have sex with men (MSM), approximately 20% of the study participants reported having had a female sex partner during the preceding 12 months [6]. In another study of HIV-infected persons, 34% of African American MSM reported having had sex with women, even though only 6% of African American women reported having had sex with a bisexual man [7].

Substance Use

Injection drug use is the 2nd leading cause of HIV infection for African American women and the 3rd leading cause of HIV infection for African American men [2]. In addition to being at risk from sharing needles, casual and chronic substance users are more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex, when they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol [8]. Drug use can also affect treatment success. A recent study of HIV-infected women found that drug users were less likely than nonusers to take their antiretroviral medicines exactly as prescribed [9].

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are those for African Americans. In 2003, African Americans were 20 times as likely as whites to have gonorrhea and 5.2 times as likely to have syphilis [10]. Partly because of physical changes caused by STDs, including genital lesions that can serve as an entry point for HIV, the presence of certain STDs can increase one�s chances of contracting HIV by 3- to 5-fold. Similarly, a person who is coinfected has a greater chance of spreading HIV to others [11].

Denial

Studies show that a significant number of African American MSM identify themselves as heterosexual [12,13]. As a result, they may not relate to prevention messages crafted for men who identify themselves as homosexual.

(One other factor that this CDC data does not take into account, is the Prison issue. 1/2 of the Prisons in this country are filled with Black Men. Prison Love isn't necessarily a Homosexual thing, but it certainly blurs the lines, and when they get out... - tha malcontent)

Other troubling statistics indicate that almost half of all infected people in the United States who should be receiving HIV drugs are not getting them.

(Why, so they can prolong Life and continue having unprotected Anal Sex? - tha malcontent)

The findings were released in Boston at the 12th Annual Retrovirus Conference, the world's chief scientific gathering on the disease.

"It's incredibly disappointing," said Terje Anderson, director of the National Association of People With AIDS. "We just have a burgeoning epidemic in the African American community that is not being dealt with effectively."

(Actually, the President (R) shed light on this subject in his latest SOTU... He did, Honestly! - tha malcontent)

Researchers and AIDS prevention advocates attributed the high rate among blacks to such factors as drug addiction, poverty and poor access to health care.

(But not Anal Sex?... The CDC's Actual Data does not reflect this Opinion that "health care" is a primary cause. It's Anal Sex, Man on Man. Go check: www.cdc.gov. - tha malcontent)

The HIV rates were derived from the widely used National Health and Nutrition Examinations Surveys, which analyze a representative sample of U.S. households and contain the most complete HIV data in the country. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compared 1988-1994 data with figures from 1999-2002.

(And the CDC breaks it down along Sexual/Drug practices also, but this AP reporter did not care to look into that. When we start being Honest about the Fact that 2% of population is Responsible for keeping this Disease alive in this Country, we will be better capable of getting rid of it. - tha malcontent

The surveys look only at young and middle-aged adults who live in households, excluding such groups as soldiers, prisoners and homeless. Thus, health officials believe the numbers probably underestimate true HIV rates in this country.

Still, they show a striking rise in the prevalence of the AIDS virus from 1 percent to 2 percent of blacks. White rates held steady at 0.2 percent. Largely because of the increase among blacks, the overall U.S. rate rose slightly from 0.3 percent to 0.4 percent.

(Read closely... THIS IS ABOUT CHOICES, NOT RACE! - tha malcontent)

Smaller studies had shown rising infection rates among blacks in recent years, but this study takes a longer and more complete look at changes in the general population.

"I think it's very concerning," said Dr. Susan Buchbinder, who leads HIV research for the city of San Francisco. "I think what we need to look at is how we can reduce those rates and get more people into treatment."

(I can tell you how to reduce rates... Insist that Homosexual Men stop spreading it. When 2% of the population is responsible for the majority of a Disease for a quarter of a Century, the answer is Obvious! - tha malcontent)

She recommended a stronger focus on treating drug addiction.

The lead CDC researcher, Geraldine McQuillan, said she was encouraged to see the HIV rate among younger blacks holding steady at just under 1.5 percent.

"It tells me we're making some headway," she said.

Other national data and published reports studied by the CDC showed that 480,000 HIV-infected people ages 15 to 49 should have been getting antiviral drugs in 2003, yet only 268,000, or 56 percent, were given such medication.

(Just say it AP... "National Healthcare". - tha malcontent)

Researcher Eyasu Teshale of the CDC said the gap represents "a substantial unmet health care need."

("ARE YOU LISTING GEORGE BUSH?!?!". Eyasu really meant to say! - tha malcontent)

Treatment is widely viewed as a central component in prevention. Powerful AIDS drugs that came into wide use in the mid-1990s can knock down levels of the virus in the body, reducing the chances that the patient will infect others.

(There is one GUARANTEED way to reduce the chances of the patient infecting others... Don't have Anal Sex with another Man. It's easy, One Penis and One Vagina = Life. No more, no less. Homosexuals only exist because of the Natural Sexual Practice that they Defy with their Deviancy! - tha malcontent)

Nearly 1 million people in the United States have contracted the AIDS virus since the outbreak began in the early 1980s. About 40,000 people test positive each year, and more than 18,000 die. However, U.S. infections have remained fairly level in recent years with the use of powerful HIV drugs.

(And of those 1 million, more than half are Men who have sex in the Anus with other Men, and this is 25 years after knowing how not to get HIV. Again, when we start being Honest about why HIV is still a problem, we can start fixing the problem! - tha malcontent)

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