Basic Math?

Received from a reader in Very Rich Megacity (large font in bold by FuelMix): 

Hi

Did you see the article in the SCMP on May 30th reporting that HIV cases in HK have risen to record levels? No big surprises there I'm afraid, and I forgot to note the exact page in the City section.

What I took exception to was the statement that men who have sex with men made up the majority of those cases with 43%.  I wrote the following email to the "reporter" and copied in the editor, and as expected did not receive the courtesy of a reply.   

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Dear Mr. Lo

May I respectfully suggest that you take an elementary course in basic mathematics before you publish your biased and inaccurate numbers regarding HIV infections in Hong Kong.

You state, " men who have sex with men are still the main contributors to new HIV cases, making up 43% of new cases....." 
Unless I am very much mistaken, and please feel free to correct me if I am, but 43 from 100 leaves 57. 

Therefore an accurate reporter would print that 57% being the majority, that sex workers, their clients and drug users, all heterosexual, were the main contributors to new HIV infections, and not homosexuals. 

It is exactly this type of inaccurate, sensationalist and sloppy reporting that propagates the bias against the gay community.

I guess there will be no chance of a retraction?

Yours faithfully

C " 

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FuelMix says: 

One possible explanation might be that at 43%, gays made up the largest contiguous group with HIV infections. In other words, the 57% constituted the aggregate of small percentages of other defined hetero risk groups e.g. whores, their clients and drug users. If that's correct, then it could be said the report was accurate.  Admittedly, FuelMix did not see the newspaper report and is guessing here.  

That being said, it would only have taken a minor clarification to edit the report prior to publication. As it stands, the report is ambiguous.

Now that chink fags have wholeheartedly embraced the Western franchise of what constitutes "the lifestyle" - complete with Abercrombie and Fitch T-shirts,  expect to see those numbers climb.

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