kkaliforniaa
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Okay, I think this topic belongs here. While it may not be directly related to BDSM, it is a health topic. I will begin with, "Oh my gawd!!". Do a search for "what causes HIV" and the results will say [and this is what Google chose as the correct answer] quote:
HIV infection is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. You can get HIV from contact with infected blood, semen, or vaginal fluids. Most people get the virus by having unprotected sex with someone who has HIV. Another common way of getting it is by sharing drug needles with someone who is infected with HIV. I'm sorry, but WRONG ANSWER. I mean sure, that explains how it is transmitted, but my question clearly asked what causes it. Does drinking tea cause HIV; does tearing up paper cause HIV; etc. Okay, those obviously don't, otherwise the numbers would be astronomical, but my point has been made. And this leads to the general topic, quote:
What causes any sexually transmitted disease? I was going to say that we could eliminate ones that are related to bad hygiene, I was under the impression that pubic lice fell in that category, but if you go to the Mayo Clinic's website for public lice, it says under causes, "Pubic lice are most commonly transmitted during sexual activity. Although it's unusual, you may also acquire pubic lice from contaminated sheets, blankets, towels or clothes." So the impression that I'm getting is that everyone has the bacteria [like chlamydia], animal [like public lice], or unassigned [like HIV], for all of these diseases, and sex simply triggers it. Logically that sounds absurd, the number of people who were positive for something would be.. Astronomical. But, since it seems impossible to find the actual cause for anything.. For example quote:
There is a group of friends, five guys and five gals. They are all virgins [never having engaged in any sexual activity]. They make a pact to only have sex with people from this group [they can swap partners as often as they want]. Since all are virgins, they all keep to their word of only having sex with people from this group, and none had a sexually transmitted disease passed to them during birth, does this mean that there is 0% chance of any of them getting an STD?
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