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- Subject: Re: Gays in the military
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- Date: 23 Nov 92 19:06:33 GMT
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- >thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
- >
- >>>>Q. #1 What is one of the most expensive illnesses? AIDS!
-
- Can you show the figures on this. It is not usually a case of long term support
- since many have died in the short term after learning of their infection and
- AIDS symptoms. There is of course a lot of money towards research.
-
- >>>>Q. #2 What lifestyle is one (if not the highest) highest risk category for AIDS? Gays
- >
-
- But why would one worry about this, if the majority of people in the military are
- heterosexual, then how could they contract HIV infection from the gay military
- people. Also, the majority of gay people are not HIV+ and since I would assume that
- the number of gays in the military to be fairly small, then the risk goes down even
- more.
-
- >
- >>This is false. Gay men are still the largest group of HIV+ and AIDS victims.
- >
-
- This is correct- that is because there is a distinct difference between
- HIV+ and AIDS in terms of stages. Since gays were the first to be exposed
- and not know it, they are now appearing as the larger group with AIDS. Remember
- there is a variable period in which after exposure/contraction of HIV you will
- suffer the consequences of AIDS and it appears to go from 5-12 years. Now
- if a large number of heterosexuals were infected with HIV during 1985-1990,
- the appearance of AIDS then in the heterosexual population would start to climb
- between 1990 and 1997 for the 5 year group and between 1995 and 2002 for the
- 12 year group, with most cases appear in between these two ranges, probably
- 1995-1998. How many heterosexuals have been tested for HIV exposure?
-