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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / AIDS / September 2004All around the World prostitutes DOPN'T GET 'AIDS'
The CDC does NOT include prostitutes in it's 'high risk' groups. Hyams KC et al. HIV infection in a non-drug abusing prostitute population. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. David Crowe also report this study in Referenced Quotes about Transmission of HIV and AIDS. 448 licensed female prostitutes in Nuremburg, West Germany, were studied No prostitute tested was anti-HIV positive [...] they had been prostitutes for 77 months on average [...] The mean number of clients was 13 per week [...] This heterosexually very active group of women has remained free from HIV infection. Smith GL, Smith KF. Lack of HIV infection and condom use in licensed prostitutes. Lancet. >David Crowe also report this study in Referenced Quotes about Transmission >of HIV and AIDS. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Smith GL, Smith KF. Lack of HIV infection and condom use in licensed >prostitutes. Lancet. The quote above is from a letter to the Lancet: Lack of HIV Infection and Condom Use in Licensed Prostitutes--The Lancet Dec.13, 1986 SIR,--Licensed prostitutes in West Germany have a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody prevalence rate of 1% and unlicensed prostitutes have a prevalence of 20%. This difference has not been explained although intravenous drug usage is more common in unlicensed prostitutes. ... This heterosexually very active group of women [the licensed prostitutes] has remained free from HIV infection. The demographic mix of their clients, the absence of intravenous drug abuse and the frequency with which condoms are used for all sexual practices may be protecting these prostitutes from infection. <http://swop-usa.org/the%20lancet%20dispelling%20myths.html> Not only are you quoting selectively, but you're also concealing the fact that this quote came from a letter, not a peer-reviewed article, and that it was written almost 18 years ago.  SignatureDavid Canzi Religion is taught to children as soon as they can talk. Logic is taught in university. The simple fact that prostitutes are NOT included in the current CDC list of high risk groups, shows that the findings of this, and the scores of subsequent studies, are still valid. Prostitutes don't get AIDS. You canntot escape that fact. When I attended a HIV support group in Toronto, there was a prostitute who had AIDS who came about every other week... http://www.POZ.ca http://www.HIVdate.com http://www.HIVforum.com http://www.HIVsearch.com http://www.HIV-AIDS-POZ.com http://www.HIV-AIDS-meds.com http://www.HIVAIDSsearch.com http://www.POZitiveLiving.com snip >Prostitutes don't get AIDS. > >You canntot escape that fact. Easy to "escape" a statement that is not a fact by any stretch of the imagination. Sex workers are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection and do get AIDS. I've known lots personally. Now, there is a cohort I believe in Kenya of repeatedly exposed women who did not become infected. They can teach us a lot. Some who stopped the work for a couple of years and then resumed, DID subsequently become infected. Sex workers who have access to and can insist on men using condoms reduce their risk of infection. Thailand is a beautiful model for this. Keeping sex work illegal and preventing women from organizing is just criminally stupid. Indeed, the Sonagachi red light district in Kolkata serves as an excellent example: incidence of HIV disease among sex workers plummeted when they organized. By contrast, rates remain high in Mumbai where such organization has been prevented by the authorities. George M. Carter "PaulKing" <aimulti@aimultimedia.com> wrote in message > The simple fact that prostitutes are NOT included in the current CDC list > of high risk groups, shows that the findings of this, and the scores of > subsequent studies, are still valid. They are a high risk group in Southern Africa. > Prostitutes don't get AIDS. They do in sub-Saharan Africa. > You canntot escape that fact. You can't escape that fact. Moira, the Faerie Godmother >The simple fact that prostitutes are NOT included in the current CDC list >of high risk groups, shows that the findings of this, and the scores of >subsequent studies, are still valid. > >Prostitutes don't get AIDS. You are ignoring the role of condoms. Also, SIR,--Licensed prostitutes in West Germany have a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody prevalence rate of 1% and unlicensed prostitutes have a prevalence of 20%. This difference has not been explained although intravenous drug usage is more common in unlicensed prostitutes. ... Since dissidents quote this letter to support their position, they must consider the writer authoritative, and should therefore accept his opinion that intravenous drug use is insufficient to explain the difference in HIV prevalence between the licensed and unlicensed prostitutes. SignatureDavid Canzi Religion is taught to children as soon as they can talk. Logic is taught in university. Religion and it's new byproduct 'AIDS' are taught to children almost as soon as they can talk. Logic is taught in university. 'AIDS' is pseudo scientific religion. "Have sex and go to Hell" with a modern twist. "PaulKing" <aimulti@aimultimedia.com> wrote in message > Religion and it's new byproduct 'AIDS' are taught to children almost as > soon as they can talk. Logic is taught in university. > 'AIDS' is pseudo scientific religion. "Have sex and go to Hell" with a > modern twist. No. Have unprotected sex and put yourself at risk of all sorts of STI's, one of which is HIV. I always tell teenagers when I do HIV education that it is because I want them to have long, happy, satisfying sex lives that I recommend that they use a condom every single time they have sex unless they want specifically to conceive a baby from *that* act of sex. And I wear my clerical collar while I say that. Moira, the Faerie Godmother "David Canzi -- non-mailable address" <dmcanzi@remulak.ads.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in message > SIR,--Licensed prostitutes in West Germany have a human > immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody prevalence rate of 1% and > unlicensed prostitutes have a prevalence of 20%. This difference > has not been explained although intravenous drug usage is more > common in unlicensed prostitutes. ... Interestingly, there are actually two reasons for a lower rate of HIV in licenced prostitutes and both are related to IV drug use. The first is the risk from the IV drug use itself. Secondly, and very importantly, non-drug users are more likely to be responsible about using condoms for their own benefit and, same thing, less likely to accept more money for having unprotected sex. Moira, the Faerie Godmother |
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