HIV RATES ON THE RISE AS CONDOM USE DECREASES - THE FEED
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Tonight's episode of The Feed on SBS2 takes a timely look into the rise in HIV infections and the decline in condom use in Australia as well as the rise of Truvada as a prevention drug.
Taking data from the Kirby Institute's Annual Surveillance Report 2014, the program reports fewer people are dying from AIDS in Australia, but HIV infection rates are rising.
The Kirby Institute's Professor Andrew Grulich said changing perceptions were part of the reason for the rise in HIV.
“In the old days a person who got HIV would die,” Prof Grulich said.
“New treatments are great. People stay alive for a normal life span."
“[There] are more people living with HIV and [there are] changing perceptions of what HIV means, leading to increases in unsafe sex,” he said.
Grulich said anal sex remained the most common way to contract HIV, and wearing condoms was important.
"Condom use remains the centre of HIV prevention," Prof Grulich said.
However when gay men have sex with a casual partner, they are more likely to use a condom with that partner than are heterosexual men.
Nonetheless, in 2013, men who have sex with other men accounted for 70 per cent of people diagnosed with HIV the same year.
Tonight on SBS2 at 7:30pm, The Feed looks at why the number of HIV infections reached their highest point in 2012 for more than 15 years. The program also takes a look at the HIV drug Truvada, which has been found to be effective at preventing HIV.
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Oh, wow. I don't know know where to begin with this one. But here I go.
So, on one side condom manufacturers are worried because their products are slowly becoming obsolete because of drugs that prevents HIV infections, and on the other one Truvada manufacturers are fighting hard for everyone to get infected in order to sell their product. Just reading between the lines here. Gotta love the competition, no?
Taking data from the Kirby Institute's Annual Surveillance Report 2014, the program reports fewer people are dying from AIDS in Australia, but HIV infection rates are rising.
Wait, I thought people died because of symptoms caused by HIV. Is AIDS some kind of entity that kills humans, so people are dying from it. Sounds very scientific, indeed.
The Kirby Institute's Professor Andrew Grulich said changing perceptions were part of the reason for the rise in HIV.
This so called professor is incredibly generous with explaining these perceptions that are viciously changing amount of HIV infected people. Yet again, very scientific from every angle.
“In the old days a person who got HIV would die,” Prof Grulich said.
…but everyone else lived forever? What the...?!
“New treatments are great. People stay alive for a normal life span."
…so government can continue to have financial use off these alive people, together with drug manufacturers, and these poor innocent statistical figures (HIV patients) can create delusional belief that their life is improving. So, everyone wins.
“[There] are more people living with HIV and [there are] changing perceptions of what HIV means, leading to increases in unsafe sex,” he said.
I know this is supposed to answer my previous rant comment about changing perceptions, but since it's not based on any kind of research (read: science) with supporting data, it is nothing more but a personal opinion of one professor.
Grulich said anal sex remained the most common way to contract HIV, and wearing condoms was important.
"Condom use remains the centre of HIV prevention," Prof Grulich said.
The program also takes a look at the HIV drug Truvada, which has been found to be effective at preventing HIV.
Here both condoms and Truvada drug are mentioned to be effective at preventing HIV. But previously professor Grulich says how people stay alive for a normal life span. Soooo… why would condoms remain the centre of HIV prevention? There is a missing argument. In fact, this whole episode, article, whatever it is, fails at the very beginning. Of course people are always going to put pleasure above anything. They should be taking a psychological approach towards this topic, not this mouth farts that some Mr. Andrew tries to wow us with.
Now I'm starting to think why this topic was created in the first place. Sensationalism? Or is it just pure boredom? Oh dear, and I'm here wasting my time on this. :afr2:
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i think it's absurd to think that in 2015 we have a rise in hiv infections, i mean seriously!!
I for one, never had sex without a condom, and never will, the risk is juts too damnn high -
i think it's absurd to think that in 2015 we have a rise in hiv infections, i mean seriously!!
I for one, never had sex without a condom, and never will, the risk is juts too damnn highI agree with you in having safe sex, but some people just cant stand condoms. Even in this viagra era (decades ago the "problem" was "claustrophobic penises" that became flaccid once protected). Its stupid, I know, but it happens. A lot. So, it isnt that absurd.
