Quote Originally Posted by jIgG View Post
something doesn't make sense ... if there are 50,000 new infections per year shouldn't that number be higher than 800k by now?

and those numbers come from only people who actually bothered to go and get tested...
"The data comes from people taking part in the federal government's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, who volunteer to have their blood tested for everything from cholesterol to AIDS and herpes, as well as undergo full physical exams."

No... it comes from people who have submitted themselves specifically to this particular census/test of a wide-range of examination, from complete blood-work to the 9's, as well as a complete physical.