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JimJimmyJames
The AIDS epidemic of the 1980‘s & ‘90‘s had its origins in the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970‘s. Homosexual males, who comprised ~3% of the general population, accounted for ~3/4th’s of the cases. In other words, the disease was theirs; just as Monkey Pox today is also theirs. Upwards of 99%... View More

JimJimmyJames
But thanks to the development of antiretrovirals, the 1st of which became available in 1987, the mortality rate for HIV infection has been reduced from a high of ~33% in 1988, to it’s current low of <0.1% since 2004.

JimJimmyJames
This is not to say that the long term use of antiretrovirals do not have certain side effects, which include hyperlipidemia, osteoporosis, noninsulin dependent diabetes, & lactic acidosis. And this is not to say that there are no new cases. It has been estimated that 1/5th of all homosexual & bise... View More
