HIV cases nearly double in decade

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The number of people infected with HIV in the UK has almost doubled over the past decade, figures show.

New cases jumped from 1,950 in 2001 to 3,780 in 2010, according to data from the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

Most new cases were among gay men, with a 70% rise in the past 10 years, from 1,810 in 2001 to 3,080 in 2010.

Three out of five people who die from HIV each year received a late diagnosis.

Read more: belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/hiv-cases-nearly-double-in-decade-15123069.html#ixzz1HSWWsEXX
 
The disease, for the most part, doesn’t get transmitted outside of a sexual act with persons having multiple partners, Considering that marriage between one man/one woman for life is a closed system into which no virus can possibly gain entrance, I would say that God’s wisdom is certainly above that which is popularly classified as “wisdom.”
Unrepentant sin leads to an eternity in hell. A virus is one thing, sin is much more deadly than HIV. If not for sin there would be no HIV. Cold as a response only if sin is utterly ignored.
I might add that Jesus was never politically correct. The Pharisees and Saduccees continually reminded Him of this.
Love the sinner but hate the sin. It’s sin that is the issue.
 
Lujack said:
That’s an awfully cold response to a deadly disease.
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the unfortunate fact is that these diseases wouldn’t be nearly as widespread or even present at all if people remained chaste. And these prolific diseases are a result(if indirectly) of the last 50 years of a culture where sex had been devalued and at the same time overemphasized.

a terrible situation regardless.
 
Despite stories like these, some people are still convinced that the number of new cases of STDs is decreasing, and that nobody gets diseases anymore. I guess ignorance is bliss until you get a disease from your newfound sexual “freedom” and wonder where the heck it came from.

We need to pray for these people. Pray they will repent of their sins and come back to God before they die of their disease.

I think it’s really sad. The fact is that the diseases would die off with the people who had them if people learned to control themselves. But too much money would be lost so the culture has to tell people to be promiscuous, I guess.
 
stephe1987 said:
Despite stories like these, some people are still convinced that the number of new cases of STDs is decreasing, and that nobody gets diseases anymore. I guess ignorance is bliss until you get a disease from your newfound sexual “freedom” and wonder where the heck it came from.

We need to pray for these people. Pray they will repent of their sins and come back to God before they die of their disease.

I think it’s really sad. The fact is that the diseases would die off with the people who had them if people learned to control themselves. But too much money would be lost so the culture has to tell people to be promiscuous, I guess.
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As long as we allow our Schools to peddle the myth of “safe sex” the problem will continue to grow.
 
Abyssinia said:
Three out of five people who die from HIV each year received a late diagnosis.
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And this underscores the need for routine testing for populations at high risk.

Obviously, men who have sex with men require testing and their medical providers should push the matter. However, if the HIV rate increased by 100% and the increase among the gay community was only 70% then it tells us that there is an unusually high rate of increase among heterosexuals. I am not sure of the situation in the UK, however in the US the incidence of heterosexual transmission is heavily concentrated among the black and Hispanic population. For example, in 2006 AIDS was the third leading cause of death among African-American women age 20-44.
kff.org/hivaids/upload/6089-08.pdf

In the US, concentration of HIV/AIDS among minorities seems to have been increasing during the past 20-25 years. Perhaps a similar phenomenon is occurring in the UK?
 
Dale_M said:
And this underscores the need for routine testing for populations at high risk.

Obviously, men who have sex with men require testing and their medical providers should push the matter. However, if the HIV rate increased by 100% and the increase among the gay community was only 70% then it tells us that there is an unusually high rate of increase among heterosexuals. I am not sure of the situation in the UK, however in the US the incidence of heterosexual transmission is heavily concentrated among the black and Hispanic population. For example, in 2006 AIDS was the third leading cause of death among African-American women age 20-44.
kff.org/hivaids/upload/6089-08.pdf

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The problem with using this stats is so few people contract HIV though heterosexual behavior that any increase in raw numbers translates to a huge %. Although it is true that AIDS is the leading cause of deaths of African Amercian Women between 20-44 its is almost entirely due to intravenous drug use.
 
estesbob said:
The problem with using this stats is so few people contract HIV though heterosexual behavior that any increase in raw numbers translates to a huge %. Although it is true that AIDS is the leading cause of deaths of African Amercian Women between 20-44 its is almost entirely due to intravenous drug use.
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I think you are misinformed.

Please show the source for your claim.
 
estesbob said:
Threat of world Aids pandemic among heterosexuals is over, report admits
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Very nice. However, it has nothing to do with your claim that the majority of African-American women who contract AIDS have done so via intravenous drug use.
 
HIV does not always equal AIDS, however. Just as a point of clarification.
 
I don’t care how someone got it. No one deserves this terrible disease, and shame on people who think somehow those who got it “earned it”. No, I’m not in favor of drug use or homosexuality activity, but it’s a horrible disease that needs to be eradicated.
 
Dale_M said:
Very nice. However, it has nothing to do with your claim that the majority of African-American women who contract AIDS have done so via intravenous drug use.
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So, if as studies show they are not getting it from heterosexaul vaginal sex where are they getting it?
 
Rascalking said:
I don’t care how someone got it. No one deserves this terrible disease, and shame on people who think somehow those who got it “earned it”…
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Excuse me, maybe I’m old, senile and blind but where the hell did you get this?!?!?!?!:mad::mad:
 
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