why is AIDs so widespread?

fatgirl_lover · #1 05-31-2007, 07:28 AM

So as my friend very convincingly explained to me getting AIDs is hard (without needles and without anal sex). First the girl has to have aids, then even if she does and you have sex without a condom a number tossed around a lot is that you have only 1/500 chance of getting it. However if you also use a condom the condom has to break or you have to exchange blood somehow. So it's a huge parlay. How is AIDs so widespread in places like Afrca, I remember reading that in some places it is as high as 1/8 people have it.

Phil153 · #2 05-31-2007, 07:42 AM

Spread of AIDS:

#1: Butt sex. Homosexuals and straight people who like to put their penis in rotting animal and vegetable remains are the reason that AIDS even exists today.
#2: Prostitutes. Many clients; things like sores and venereal disease increase chance of contraction.
#3 AIDS babies. Women with HIV in Africa still have plenty of children.
#4: Needles

Read this. It will open your eyes. It is NOT SAFE FOR WORK text.

Watch it, you can't link that Phil. -Rduke55

vhawk01 · #3 05-31-2007, 01:10 PM

Having sex with virgins involves lots of blood.

Phil153 · #4 05-31-2007, 01:13 PM

Would that really be a large effect? I know it's a common belief in those countries that sex with virgins can cure AIDS, but it can't be that common.

Another point for OP is that female risks are quite a bit greater than male risks.

pokerbobo · #5 05-31-2007, 01:16 PM

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Would that really be a large effect? I know it's a common belief in those countries that sex with virgins can cure AIDS, but it can't be that common.

Another point for OP is that female risks are quite a bit greater than male risks.

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Saliva inhibits the virus in some ways I have heard.... another good reason to use some spit as lube! chalk another one up for "things I learned from porn"

vhawk01 · #6 05-31-2007, 02:18 PM

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Would that really be a large effect? I know it's a common belief in those countries that sex with virgins can cure AIDS, but it can't be that common.

Another point for OP is that female risks are quite a bit greater than male risks.

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I'm not sure what the prevalence of "virgin sex" is, but you are probably right. I was just trying to add that sex with a bleeding little girl has got to be WAY up there on the riskiness scale, for the very same reasons anal sex is.

slik · #7 05-31-2007, 04:01 PM

I have no idea how they would do scientific studies, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids says that even with unprotected anal sex without withdrawal the % of transmission is only like 1%. So with regards to your question, the only way AIDS would spread is through repeated negligence, which still exists in the countries where it predominates.

Siegmund · #8 05-31-2007, 04:19 PM

People who have unprotected sex *once* with an infected person tend not to get it.

People who have unprotected sex nightly, or even weekly, with an infected person or persons tend to have their number come up in the lottery within a few years.

1 in 500, or 1 in 100, isn't much. But if you do it once a week, that's 10% and 40% chance of infection within one year, for vaginal and anal respectively. (OK, it's not QUITE an independent trials thing - most likely not everyone is equally susceptible to catching it... but the numbers are imprecise to begin with so that's the least of our worries.)

Kaj · #9 05-31-2007, 06:48 PM

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So as my friend very convincingly explained to me getting AIDs is hard (without needles and without anal sex). First the girl has to have aids, then even if she does and you have sex without a condom a number tossed around a lot is that you have only 1/500 chance of getting it. However if you also use a condom the condom has to break or you have to exchange blood somehow. So it's a huge parlay. How is AIDs so widespread in places like Afrca, I remember reading that in some places it is as high as 1/8 people have it.

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So, if 1/8 have it... and 1/500 will get it if they have sex with someone with it... then the odds of contracting it from unprotected sex is 1/4000. So 1 every 4000 encounters will get it by your math....and there are obviously tens of thousands perhaps millions of encounters over any given amount of time and area........ hmmmmmmmm.........

m_the0ry · #10 05-31-2007, 06:53 PM

There's a lot of misinformation here...

The reason why AIDS is so widespread is because the virus has developed complicated dormancy mechanisms. It can be present in a host for 4+ years without any symptoms. This keeps the host mobile yet infectious.