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STDs and the DR
That is due to a well-done campaign of fear-mode for prevention purposes, although in concentrated areas like Boca Chica, the Frontera with Haiti and Sosua the rate is way high, the general population rate is really low, more or less than 1% (80,000) projected and less than 20,000 HIV+ infected in Copresida database.
That's not the only well done campaign in which the DR has been demonized to a degree that its unrecognizable. Well, unrecognizable to the people who truly know the country.
The things that is often said about the country in certain circles has a habit of not really reflecting the prevailing reality.
Oh well...
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Magic Johnson was the toast of LA when he played. Wherever he went he had women lining up for him.
The only time I ever heard of Magic being involved in any type of gay activity was after he tested positive. And one of the guys who spread those rumors was his good buddy Isaiah Thomas.
That was back when we thought you either had to be gay, an IV drug user or gotten contaminated blood via a transfusion.
Unprotected anal sex between heterosexual partners is all it takes. Do that a couple of times a day or week with women you don't know and there you go.
I have heard that during such casual encounters athletes prefer this type of sex so as not to impregnate a gold digger who is just out to get paid.
I read an interview with Magic once, and he spoke of the encounters he regularly had. He would go to a business meeting for a product endorsement or a commercial or whatever, and the secretaries would just go with him to a back room and do whatever. This happened to him all the time.
Given that type of behavior it is no wonder he was eventually exposed. And yes, other athletes do the same, but all it takes is unprotected sex with one wrong partner to get infected.
The only time I ever heard of Magic being involved in any type of gay activity was after he tested positive. And one of the guys who spread those rumors was his good buddy Isaiah Thomas.
That was back when we thought you either had to be gay, an IV drug user or gotten contaminated blood via a transfusion.
Unprotected anal sex between heterosexual partners is all it takes. Do that a couple of times a day or week with women you don't know and there you go.
I have heard that during such casual encounters athletes prefer this type of sex so as not to impregnate a gold digger who is just out to get paid.
I read an interview with Magic once, and he spoke of the encounters he regularly had. He would go to a business meeting for a product endorsement or a commercial or whatever, and the secretaries would just go with him to a back room and do whatever. This happened to him all the time.
Given that type of behavior it is no wonder he was eventually exposed. And yes, other athletes do the same, but all it takes is unprotected sex with one wrong partner to get infected.
I never heard it from IT. I heard it directly from the gay community, as I was "into" that network because of my company's work in HIV/AIDS. They also spoke about Tim Richmond, the NASCAR driver, who later also died of AIDS. MJ was definitely known to frequent gay bars not just in LA, but other cities he traveled to. And AFAIK, he's the only NBA player to be stricken with it. I doubt he's the only NBA player who is extremely promiscuous.
BTW-male into female anal sex is very low risk for the male, extremely HIGH risk for the female.
Funny you should mention anal sex as a pregnancy preventative. 'Tis true. Many cultures practice that for birth control. Bad mojo for the "receiver"...
Funny hahahah but so true. By the way, this method is also practiced by many virgin girls in DR coming from strict families. They whould only engage in back door activities until the wedding day comes.
AZB
The gay community is your source? First of all, certain segments of that community think that every heterosexual is a closet homosexual dying to come out, and rumor mongering about stuff like this is quite rife They just LOVE it when they can claim a macho pro athlete as one of their own, truth be damned.
Funny how I never heard any stories about Mike Piazza until the rumors came out. Then every gay guy in NYC had a tale of "a friend of a friend" who had an "encounter" with Mike. PULEEZE.
Low risk doesn't mean "No Risk".
I was very involved in the HIV/AIDS situation from '86-'96. VERY involved, at fairly high regional levels of publicly funded community coalitions, Tampa Bay, Orlando, Jacksonville, Miami, Palm Beach, and Ft.Lauderdale. My comments are from those periods and those people, and are not from a "I have a gay friend" perspective.
I tell you what ~they~ say, not me. I personally could care less.
I'm not aware anyone in this thread said "no risk". I'm not aware anyone in this thread is advocating diddling anyone without all due precautions being taken. I WILL say this: folks should consider other health risks equally with HIV/AIDS. I'd be equally or more afraid to contract Hepatitus as HIV/AIDS. It's more common, easier to contract, equally as dangerous, and it's death prolonged and ugly.Berzin said:
Knowledge is power. Use facts, not fear, in assessing risks.
Regarding the transmission of HIV man to woman and woman to man, yes the receiver of the bodily fluids is more at risk; however the presence of other STDS (chlamydia syphilis, gonorrhea and herpes) create lesions in the urethra of the penis and vagina that many infected people are unaware of. I'm not sure but I think genital warts (HPV) would also increase the risk. One strain of HPV increases the risk of developing cervical cancer. Those STDS (clamydia, HPV and herpes) are on rise and you can't tell who is healthy by doing a visual inspection.
I don't know anyone who contracted an STD in the Domincan Republic, but I know 3 people treated for HPV and two couples with herpes. Let's hope they don't have unprotected sex on vacation in the DR.
I don't know anyone who contracted an STD in the Domincan Republic, but I know 3 people treated for HPV and two couples with herpes. Let's hope they don't have unprotected sex on vacation in the DR.
There are MULTIPLE strains of HPV which are believed to cause cervical cancer but these are not responsible for warts. They are different strains. It is unknown how many ppl are infected with this virus because of the frequent lack of symptoms. However the % of infected ppl is very high. Some estimate 25%.
Ladies, if your mommas didn't tell you....get you PAP test EVERY year please!!!
Montreal
hiv/Aids
Where I live in the Campo about 1 hour from POP there are several women with aids and some have died. They get it from their Foriegn husbands ,and from guys coming down from for example NYC for a week and doing all the girls in town with breathtaking conseguences. I know of one beautiful sweet woman who got it AIDs from her Italian husband. She has three kids and he has since left..I also know a few women in Puerto Plata that have it, but usually stay at home and don't go out. Generally people spread rumours about people who may have it , andi t is more or less known in the community. This is full blown aids though.
Where I live in the Campo about 1 hour from POP there are several women with aids and some have died. They get it from their Foriegn husbands ,and from guys coming down from for example NYC for a week and doing all the girls in town with breathtaking conseguences. I know of one beautiful sweet woman who got it AIDs from her Italian husband. She has three kids and he has since left..I also know a few women in Puerto Plata that have it, but usually stay at home and don't go out. Generally people spread rumours about people who may have it , andi t is more or less known in the community. This is full blown aids though.
Show me these women!! I will be down next weekend. Show me what full blown aids looks like!!! And show me the proof that they got it from some tourist. Do her kids also have aids? I doubt it. Stop the hysteria or proove me wrong next week.
Sorry, but I am a little sceptical.
Unless someone has ready access to myriad medical specialists and expensive infusion pharmacists, a person doesn't go through the "full blown AIDS" stage very long. When the T Cells drop to a certain point, the body is unable to defend itself from even the simplest of bugs. About every opportunistic infection kills.
There is Doubt that Majic has or ever had Aids.He is the only one that has lived this long that has It if he has it.
Not at all true. I know people who contracted HIV in the early 90's who are still alive today.
Well that wasa Controversy over here last month.Thats when he contacted it.Who know all the truths about that decease?
Continuing with the HIV/AIDS tangent that has overtaken the thread (and which I highly recommend people would revert back to the topic at hand, after this post, of course) here is an article published on Nov. 4th that is quite promising regarding a cure for AIDS.
Medical professionals in Germany may have stumbled across a possible cure for AIDS after treating a man for cancer.
-NALs
Medical professionals in Germany may have stumbled across a possible cure for AIDS after treating a man for cancer.
-NALs
For what it's worth a doctor friend of mine was down here years ago and I decided to ask him this direct question about heterosexual men and AIDS. His answer was interesting....
"A man could have heterosexual sex with a woman who has full blown AIDS 1,000 times and likely never contract AIDS. Let's say the odds are 1,000/1 that you'd get it if she has full blown AIDS and you don't use a condom....However, if it's YOU were talking about it's really not 1000/1 it's 50/50. Either you got it this time or you didn't. ALWAYS use a condom"
"A man could have heterosexual sex with a woman who has full blown AIDS 1,000 times and likely never contract AIDS. Let's say the odds are 1,000/1 that you'd get it if she has full blown AIDS and you don't use a condom....However, if it's YOU were talking about it's really not 1000/1 it's 50/50. Either you got it this time or you didn't. ALWAYS use a condom"
I'm heard guys saying in DR that a man gets infected if he has PIV(penis inside vagina) sex with an infected woman and he ejaculates inside her.
Anyways, I see that people in DR are very aware of std's and condom use is more of the norm than the exception.
If Dominican men believe in this ejaculation explanation, then they know that not using a condom is risky, since they can ejaculate nside a vagina unexpectedly, and thus at risk. ( and ofcourse, a condom reduces risk for herpes,hpv,chlamydia,syphillis,etc,etc)
I've never heard of this anywhere else. If is harder for a man to get infected with the virus, this might be a logical explanation.
I've never heard of the exact " mechanics of infection". I thought once that somebody can contact hiv if vaginal fluids where around the skin of the penis, but apparently, the virus gets inside thru the uretha. ( this is assuming there is no cuts on the penis, that makes contact with the vaginal fluids).
During sex education in hs. They always talked about " vaginal fluids", but they never said , how the vaginal fluids get in thru a penis.
the " ejaculation" explanation is that the vagina fluids of an infected woman gets mixed up with the semen of the man,and can swim into the uretha.
If a man doesn't cum, or maybe " pre-cum", then the risk of contracting the virus thru PIV(penis inside vagina) sex is very reduced.
What the experts here say about that?
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