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For one thing, modern hiv treatments are sufficient to let people live basically normal lives (and more or less stops one from transmitting to sexual partners.)
It’s basically now “just” a chronic condition that requires managing, not a death sentence.
Also, you can take PrEP to avoid catching it in the first place.
Which for the record, you absolutely should do if you're queer, your partner is queer, or if you engage in high risk behaviors. Asymptomatic HIV is a scary thing.
Hep C too. Not incurable, but you really don't want to get any BBPs.
Antibiotic-resistant strains of chlamydia have been spreading, actually.
I would immediately cite anti-LGBTQIA+ sentimentality as the contributing factor. While lots of people understand that homosexuals aren’t the only people who can contract the infection, I’m sure the treatments being aimed primarily at homosexuals as the highest risk group, will make certain people unwilling to believe it is a potential risk.
It sucks that safe sex isn’t a thing being discussed. However it does feel like anti-abortion laws would be unnecessary if teens had access to sought information. I’m sure with the advent of Internet based pornography, teens are being influenced more by that with no educational tools to say that people in pornography (I am sure not everyone across the industry follows health guidelines but for the “professionals” you’d hope they do) have access to testing and other health related care.
If we are going to be cynical about this, one reason I suspect sex education is no longer being thought would be to fall inline with twisted alt-right/conservative values about women NEEDING to have children. With lack of information about contraception, teens might believe they can’t be safe. Maybe they actually have access to contraception but aren’t aware. Maybe contraception is being banned. If you have no contraception, then the rate of pregnancy will increase and maybe those anti-abortion lawmakers wish to see more unwanted pregnancies instead of anyone wishing to engage in recreational sex that doesn’t aim for procreation.
Because PrEP exists, which when taken as prescribed reduces the chance of HIV transmission by ~99%.
HIV transmission virtually eliminated in Inner Sydney, Australia | International AIDS Society (IAS) - https://www.iasociety.org/news-release/hiv-transmission-virtually-eliminated-inner-sydney-australia
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) | HIV Risk and Prevention | HIV/AIDS | CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/prep/index.html
Because HIV isn't an automatic death sentence anymore, as long as one has access to the drugs available.
In the USA, it might be an automatic death sentence to your wallet. Don't hava insurance? Die on the street. Brought to you by the American Dream
It is mentioned. It doesn't really affect people anymore though if you can get the medication.
Don't you know? There's no such thing as pandemics.