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AIDS and homosexuality

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    #32
    Marksie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,395 ✭✭✭Marksie


    patrickolee wrote:
    Also to the poster talking about cirumcision reducing the chances of catching it, the jury's still out on that one

    http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/6F898D49-BF01-4E6E-AFAC-2C3D274D91EB.asp

    I can't find the link abot the initial studies. But if memory serves me correctly they were undertaken in Africa amongst heterosexual men and a reduced incidence was found in zones where circumscision was practiced. It was quite a "big" thing at the time.

    Read in your link there on the australian and it was interesting.
    The proviso re receptive anal sex being the primary mode of transmission and hence circumscision not being effective. Well, it may reduce in the same way a co infection like syphillis will increase. Still it is not carte blanche for circumscied males to throw caution to the wind, that should be made clear.

    I am really raising an eyebrow at the Duesberg hypothesis.

    Anyone remember the Gallo HIV/HTLV argument.? there is no doubt in my mind that it lead to researchers hiding their data and set back research.

    I do recall it was an uncomfortable time to be exploring sexuality in london when all this was going on, in the early 80's for many reasons. hysteria not being the least of them


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