I hate to break the momentum of hysteria but....

Cancer, heart disease, stroke, Ebola, the flesh eating virus, etc. etc. etc. can kill you as fast, or faster, then a 3 month "aggressive strain" of HIV. Oddly enough more people die in the U.S. from cancer, heart disease and stroke then HIV. ( U.S. CDC ) Should we use protection? Hell yes, just like we should watch what we eat, excercise and go for yearly checkups. It's sad that in America HIV is the 5th leading cause of death for Americans aged 25-44 ( U.S. CDC ) . I'm 33 , the leading cause of death for my age bracket is accidents ( U.S. CDC ) and being male I have a 41% higher chance of dying in an accident then a female ( U.S. CDC ) Influenza and pneumonia are the 7th leading cause of death for all Americans and it saw a 3% increase in mortality while HIV saw a 1.9% decrease in infection ( U.S. CDC )

Our current president has admitted to using cocaine extensively in his youth, perhaps he'd like to address Gay America about the pitfalls of using stimulants, and the risky behaviors that come with using such drugs, though I doubt he cares as first time cocaine users in the U.S. has risen 63% in the last 6 years ( U.S. Subcomittee Hearings Facts on Drug Interdiction )

It's unfortunate that half of all people worldwide with HIV are heterosexual women ( U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ) 25% of HIV cases worldwide are obtained by heterosexual men ( U.S. CDC 2002 ) In the U.S. 40% of all new HIV cases are heterosexual men and women ( U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ) 75% of women in the U.S. get HIV through heterosexual sex and 25% of women get it through injection drug use ( U.S. Department of Health and Human Services )

The ignorance that is being spread about this disease in the media is exactly what has made the numbers of heterosexual infections grow since the disease was first discovered.

One good thing to come of Gay HIV is a heightened awareness in the Gay community about the disease. Unfortunately the numbers will continue to grow in the U.S., and worldwide, until people can shake the stigma of this being a Gay disease, which it's not. Viruses don't discriminate, people do.

Do you think it would be easier for us to say "straight HIV" and "Gay HIV" so they understand it effects them as well?