Basic Math? 2

A reader who has done research on HIV, responded today to the earlier post, Basic Math?

Hi FuelMix 

Read that post about HIV infections in HK and wanted to make a brief comment. I actually had to research about HIV while at uni here in HK, though the project concerned Mainland China only. 

You're absolutely right, when it comes to new infections they get divided up into categories and straight folks get more categories awarded to them while men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) is a special category on its own, and damn well should be :) .. FYI other categories, as far as i remember, concerned drug users, sex workers + clients, spouses/partners of HIV+ persons, blood donors and recipients, and (unfortunately) mother to child transmissions, although that group is relatively small. 

Also, thx to my library, I have access to past articles of the SCMP, I attach this particular report for you to read [Rise in HIV cases third-highest in 20 years] I am not a journalist but I nevertheless thought the language used was quite neutral and informative. Agree or disagree, you cannot deny our community is a high-risk group when it comes to HIV and it makes sense to point that out to (and inform) the general public.  

As a final thought, I'd daresay that it is this queen-like, nagging attitude and behaviour of certain members of our diverse community who contribute to the bias against the gay community! No one likes whingers!!  And people like Mr C give people like me a bad name !!  

FuelMix says:  

Thanks for providing a copy of the SCMP article and for validating FuelMix's assumption on contiguous grouping.  Having read the article, while it could have been clearer in its wording, it is certainly not biased. 

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