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Originally Posted by Sea Demon
Increased risks. So yes, I support a ban on homosexuals.
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But there is little difference in infectious rates these days.
HIV was mainly among the gay communities originally because that is where patient zero is supposedly from, and so it stayed within that community longer. There was also no risk of pregnancy with gay men, so the use of prophylactics was nearly non-existent. Today, the disease has spread so much that the difference between straight and gay carriers is almost nil. There is practically equal risk between demographics, the difference is negligible.
There is a higher risk of infection with IV drug users, but I don't see you supporting a ban on them? What about if I slept with a fairly promiscuous girl once, Why am I not banned? Or how about the gay man who has been in a monogamous relationship for 40 years, he still deserve a ban?
Making a ban that targets a specific demographic just because of some social title applied to them is wrong. Applying a ban based on specific credible scientific data is fine.
With my own arguement, yes I would support a ban on gay men donating blood in the 80's and early 90's. The evidence showed a much higher infection rate then. But that does not apply today.