Notes:
- HIV on the rise in young gay and bisexual men in america: 13-24 year old men who have sex with other men, 132.5% rise in HIV between 2001 & 2011
- 22% increase in new HIV infections among these men between 2008 & 10
- 13-24 year olds account for more than 1/4 new HIV infections in the US in 2010
- Rising due to riskier sexual activity in younger men & anal sex
- New drugs- attempts to snip it out of the person completely
- People learning how to live with it
- Most likely contracted with male on male sex
- When men have sex with men they are less likely to use a condom than when they have sex with women (70+%- women, 45%-men)
- Men who have sex with other men and have injected illegal drugs in themselves have 20% chance of contracting HIV compared to 3% when it is a man and women having sex
- Information, education and young people knowing that they should/ how to protect themselves is needed more (beyond gay community)
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