Gays and their filthy diseases: HIV rates 40% higher than what the CDC is reporting?

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Incidents Of HIV Worse Than Previously Known
by George E. Curry
Special to the NNPA from the Black AIDS Institute
Originally posted 8/6/2008

MEXICO CITY (NNPA) - The number of people infected with HIV, the virus
that causes AIDS, is 40 percent higher than the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention has been reporting each year, according to new
figures released last Saturday.

According to the CDC, approximately 56,300 new HIV infections occurred
in the United States in 2006. The previous estimate had been 40,000 new
infections per year.

''It's important to note that the new estimate does not represent an
actual increase in the number of new infections, but reflects our
ability to more precisely measure HIV incidence and secure a better
understanding of the epidemic,'' said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the
CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB
Prevention. ''This new picture reveals that the HIV epidemic is - and
has been - worse than previously known and underscores the challenges in
confronting this disease.''


The study shows that HIV has the greatest impact among African-Americans
and gay and bisexual men of all races.

''The rate of new infections among non-Hispanic Blacks was seven times
as high as that among Whites in 2006 (83.7 versus 11.5 new infections
per 100,000 population),¡± the CDC said. ''Blacks also accounted for the
largest share of new infections (45 percent, or 24,900). Historical
trends data show that the number of new infections among Blacks peaked
in the late 1980s and has exceeded the number of infections in Whites
since that time.''

The CDC acknowledged what activists have being saying all along: More
concentrated prevention efforts are needed if the virus is ever going to
be contained among African-Americans.

''The continued severity of the epidemic among blacks underscores the
need to sustain and accelerate prevention efforts in this population,''
the CDC said. ''While race itself is not a risk factor for HIV
infection, a range of issues contribute to the disproportionate HIV risk
for African Americans in the U.S., including poverty, stigma, higher
rates of other STDs, and drug use.''

Gays and bisexual men - referred to as men who have sex with men (MSM) -
represented a significantly greater proportion of new infections in 2006
than any other group.

''MSM accounted for 53 percent (28,700) of estimated new HIV infections
in 2006,'' CDC reported. ''CDC's historical trend analysis indicates
that HIV incidence has been increasing steadily among gay and bisexual
men since the early 1900s, confirming a trend suggested by other data
showing increases in risk behavior, sexually transmitted diseases, and
HIV diagnosis in this population.''

Heterosexuals accounted for 31 percent of new HIV infections in 2006.

The new CDC figures were expected to be announced at a news conference
Sunday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
However, after several news outlets violated the scheduled embargo by
reporting the findings on Saturday, the embargo was lifted.

CDC said it was able to come up with the new figures showing greater
incidences of HIV by using new technology that allows them to pinpoint
when a person was actually infected with HIV. In the past, the agency
could only determine when a person was diagnosed, which could have been
years after the infection.




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