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From the blogsite, "This Is Marriage":
Advocates of the homosexual lifestyle portray it as a benign lifestyle among many. Common sense tells us otherwise. Hundreds of factors make homosexual relationships much more dangerous and deadly than heterosexual ones. Our own Cura Te Ipsum, a practicing physician, recently wrote an article that, among other things, noted evidence that homosexually-active men are at a much higher risk of becoming HIV-infected. Cura Te Ipsum cited the "30% by age 30" projection.
Her blogpost unleashed a frenzy of attacks on our blogsite, denying the credibility of the projection and denouncing the messenger. The criticism rested on the feeling that the statistics were unbelievable. Much thanks is due to Chairm et al. for describing the facts and figures behind the "30% by age 30" estimation. Their work shows beyond reasonable doubt that HIV/AIDS epidemiologists are convinced that the projection was realized during the past couple of decades. In 2008, HIV/AIDS researchers reported that "40% by age 40" was already evident among men who have sex with men.
See the following blogpost, "The Deadliness of Homosexuality" and this question from a critic in the comment section:
Do you really expect people to believe that 30% of sexually active gay 20 year olds contract HIV by the age of 30? That is the most preposterous statistic I’ve ever seen.
Also see this blogpost, "30% of Homosexuals HIV Positive by 30 years."
"What we find is that the model actually fits exactly what’s going on in terms of HIV prevalence among gay men, at least in America’s largest urban centers. This model that we are extrapolating based on the incidence rates, which culminates in an HIV prevalence rate of 40% at age 40, is not a prediction of something that may happen one day. We are describing epidemiological phenomena that are occurring all around us, and will continue to occur among young American men, if we do not find ways to lower HIV incidence rates further.”
And read the full discussion that followed, including this challenge to the critical commenter:
These are credible HIV/AIDS researchers who are using models that take various types of inputs, as is standard practice. Their work is peer-reviewed and is published in credible journals.
[...] But let’s move on. [...] [W]hat would feel right to you[?] Not 30% and not more than 30%, I suppose. Okay, 25%, 20%, 15%, 10%, 5%, 0% ? [...] Give us your hunch.
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