February 15, 2005
Gays Debate Radical Steps to Curb Unsafe Sex
By ANDREW JACOBS

After all the thousands of AIDS deaths and all the years of "Safe Sex Is Hot Sex" prevention messages, it has come down to this: many gay men who know the rules of engagement in the age of AIDS are not using condoms. As news of a potentially virulent strain of H.I.V. settles in, gay activists and AIDS prevention workers say they are dismayed and angry that the 25-year-old battle against the disease might have to begin all over again.

While many are calling for a renewed commitment to prevention efforts and free condoms, some veterans of the war on AIDS are advocating an entirely new approach to the spread of unsafe sex, much of which is fueled by a surge in methamphetamine abuse. They want to track down those who knowingly engage in risky behavior and try to stop them before they can infect others.

It is a radical idea, born of desperation, that has been gaining ground in recent months as a growing number of gay men become infected despite warnings about unsafe sex. NEW YORK TIMES FULL STORY

Still the focus is Gay men, and those who especially use drugs? I feel sorry for the heterosexual women and men who will contract HIV thinking it isn't a straight disease and I feel worse for the Gay guys that will be looked down upon as irresponsible drug users, even though they could have been using a condom, and not using drugs, when they contracted the disease. So our NEW stereotype for people who contract HIV is drug using homosexuals? :wtf: Please see post above for latest HIV statistics.