I read somewere that almost all AIDS infected Americans contracted the virus from sharing needles (using drugs) and not from sex. Is this true????
2006-12-10 06:35:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
"Among blacks, one in five (19%) new HIV infections is attributed to the sharing of contaminated needles through injection drug use. Reducing the role of injection drug use in the spread of HIV will require an increased investment in education and substance abuse programs designed to prevent people from using injection drugs in the first place and help current users to quit, and establishing needle-exchange programs to minimize the risk of infection from sharing needles."
2006-12-10 06:37:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it varies from state to state: Needles, homosexuality (simply because homosexuals have historically had anywhere from 1 to 30 encounters per day (yeah, amazing. San Francisco area... Lots of surveys were taken, these guys had no reason to lie....) in the past blood transfusions. AIDS is now a commonly transmitted heterosexual disease as well. Most physicians will say to any couple thinking of sex, to use physical barrier (condom) to be perfectly safe. If they wish an exclusive long term relationship, each should be tested, then tested again in six months. If both are found free, chemical bc methods can then be used. Sorry, AIDS is still very much alive in the heterosexual community
2006-12-10 14:56:20 · answer #2 · answered by April 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No statistics claim that although needle sharing does contribute not only to aids but to hep c as well, sex is still another way in which the virus is being shared. This is especially true with the younger generations who were not scared by the original onslaught and have become careless in sexual encounters.
2006-12-10 14:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by Deirdre O 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, AIDs is contracted from a lot of sources combined. You might have a better chance of getting it from sharing a needle but there are a lot of people that have gotten it from receiving blood, sexual relations, needles, or working around blood. I wouldn't bet on that statistic.
2006-12-10 14:45:53 · answer #4 · answered by Kristen H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before AIDS first became an epidemic, I think your right on the fact it was shared needles. But once it spread to sexual contact and newborns it became an epidemic with blood transfusions and professions where blood came into contact with uninfected people, such as law enforcement and paramedics, doctors and dentists. You no longer have to sleep with or be an addict to have AIDS or HIV
2006-12-10 14:55:08 · answer #5 · answered by sassywv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Call the heath department for your information. Or the library. Not someone who wants to have sex without a condom. In fact, there are many who have HIV but do not know it because they got it thorugh sexual contact.
2006-12-10 14:45:40 · answer #6 · answered by Jack P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is. since we have educated people on how to protect themselves when it comes to sex. yes aids is spread mostly by dirty needles that are shared. merry christmas.
2006-12-10 14:39:38 · answer #7 · answered by chrystal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not!
OMG. What air headed person gave you this information?
Exposure category Male Female Total
Male-to-male sexual contact 18,203 - 18,203
Injection drug use 3,828 2,134 5,962
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use 1,372 - 1,372
Heterosexual contact 4,581 8,102 12,683
Other/risk not identified 161 174 335
2006-12-10 14:38:32 · answer #8 · answered by Curio-ous 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
mainly sex acts mainly homosexual ones if u know what i mean...that same act done between male and female (is still a homosexual act) and increases risk
2006-12-10 14:39:58 · answer #9 · answered by safarlsun33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no that is not true whoever sed that is lying 3/4 of americans get it from sex
2006-12-10 14:37:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋