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Surprising Facts about HIV/AIDS in 2010
- Mz 17y agoI love the metaphorical photo. Other than that, it is a fairly dry bullet point list of statistics.
- ryanwaggoner 17y agoI could have gone my whole life without seeing that photo...
- seldo 17y agoIt's from a French HIV awareness campaign. There is a female equivalent which is slightly less horrifying: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/french_aids_awareness_spider?size=_original http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/french_aids_awareness_s...
- javery 17y ago21% of people living with HIV in the U.S are unaware of their status I had no clue the number was that big, then after a moment of thought I wondered how they came up with this number... if they don't know how does the researcher?
- psyklic 17y agoOne possible method: Blood from donors is checked for HIV. If the person ends up having HIV, ask the person if he/she was aware. Then account for the people who normally wouldn't give blood.
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- DTrejo 17y agodo the above in Pakistan?
- dlsspy 17y agoPakistan must be really safe. They've never even heard of AIDS over there.
- Mz 17y agoI would guess many of them have never heard of it because Pakistan is a country of young people, with mostly inadequate education (I believe the average education level of Pakistani women is between 2nd and 4th grade level, or was the last time I discussed this on the 'Net): Pakistan today has the youngest population among all those countries that have more than 100 million people. In its case, the median age of the population is only 17 years which means that of the 162 million people in 2008, some 81 million are below the age of seventeen. From: http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/25/ebr16.htm http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/25/ebr16.htm
- DanBlake 17y agoDont submit this to reddit. They believe circumcision to be worse than slavery :P
- malkia 17y agoSo circumcision might help with HIV, but there are other facts which should not be taken out - check http://www.foreskin.org http://www.foreskin.org (NSFW)
- rms 17y agoI expect Hacker News has a similar consensus. Circumcision is not worse than slavery, but it is one of those relics of human barbarism that will be looked at with scorn and disdain in 50 years. The fact that HIV transmission is marginally reduced by circumcision is a terrible reason to advocate involuntary circumcision of infants.
- aaronbrethorst 17y ago"Circumcision prevents AIDS. The UN says 'Clinical trials have confirmed the results from observational epidemiology that male circumcision reduces transmission of HIV among men'" You know what works even better? Consistent condom use and not visiting prostitutes.
- ericb 17y agoI'd wager female genital mutilation also lowers the chances of getting aids--if only through decreased interest in sex.
- malkia 17y agoAbout the circumcision - I've found this site to be generally useful explaining things we might know about the practice - http://www.foreskin.org http://www.foreskin.org I've always thought that circumcision does not help against HIV, but the report proves otherwise.