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That doesn't match what the top study says: 1.4% for anal and 0.08% for vaginal. > The analysis, based on the results of four studies, estimated the risk throu
by badlibrarian 1y ago
That doesn't match what the top study says: 1.4% for anal and 0.08% for vaginal.
> The analysis, based on the results of four studies, estimated the risk through receptive anal sex (receiving the penis into the anus, also known as bottoming) to be 1.4%.
> It is estimated the risk of HIV transmission through receptive vaginal sex (receiving the penis in the vagina) to be 0.08% (equivalent to 1 transmission per 1,250 exposures).
- lukeschlather 1y agoAh, you're right. I pulled a totally unrelated statistic. Complete nonsense to say that it's unlikely for vaginal sex.
- badlibrarian 1y agoIn the fog of the day, you can understand why 1 transmission per 1,250 occurrences qualified as unlikely. Female prostitutes were self-reporting that they didn't use condoms and weren't showing symptoms. Meanwhile the disease decimated the gay male population which is why it was called GRID ("Gay-Related Immune Deficiency"). It was a complicated and horrible time and the data really wasn't there.