@MeatHook:
Some of these dumb replies make me think we've slipped back 30+ years. Back then, the hysterical overreaction to HIV while still ridiculous was at least in small part mitigated by how little we know about how the virus spreads, and the arguments about whether HIV was the true cause of AIDS.
These days, we know in great detail how the virus works, we know conclusively that it is responsible for AIDS and we have huge amounts of data about the transmission risk of any activity you can dream up. We also have supplementary caveats, as have been mentioned, about risk enhancers like compromise to the integrity of the inside of the mouth and the like.
Those who throw their hands up in horror at the thought of having sex with someone with HIV really should get expert advice and get the idea of risk into perspective.
The key word when we describe people with HIV, isn't "HIV", it's "people". Perpetuating discrimination against them helps nobody and damages all of us.
I was sucking cock before HIV was known to be a problem. I sucked cock all through the HIV epidemic and I'm still sucking cock now - no plans to stop doing that any time soon. I've often sucked guys who I know to be positive, I'm sure I've often sucked positive guys whose status I didn't know. I've been careful and sensible and as of a few months ago, I'm still HIV negative.
Panic and hysterics over this well understood and easily protected from virus aren't justified any more. Get a grip, educate yourself and make a personal choice based on facts, not fears. Whatever that choice is, don't come out with unsupported statements about risk that just feed the prejudice of those who delight in having a group to point the finger at.
Bear in mind when researching that you can easily find articles online that clearly state that lemon juice cures AIDS, that it's caused by exposure to anything from cosmic rays to fairy dust, or that it can be contracted from being within 100m of someone who knows someone who has it. Finding it on the net doesn't mean it's true. find what the balance of research is saying, understand the statistical significance of those results then make a decision based on the balance of a number of properly designed and executed studies.
HIV-AIDS stil sounds so scary..
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