Vancouver has the highest rate of HIV in the developed world

crackhead

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The estimated 10,000 addicts who live in the Downtown Eastside have the highest known rate of HIV transmission in the developed world. According to recent stats, 18.6 per cent of Downtown Eastside addicts developed HIV in a year.

This means that of 1,000 addicts presently free of HIV, 186 of them will contract the AIDS-related virus within 12 months. Or, put another way, in a little more than five years, ALL of that initial group are statistically destined to have HIV.

The vast majority of hard-core female addicts support their habits through prostitution sooner or later. (Likewise, many non-addicted prostitutes take up drugs sooner or later.) So don't fool yourself into thinking that just because you didn't meet your latest partner in the Downtown Eastside, she's not an addict.

And don't fool yourself into thinking you can tell anything. Most addicts manage to hide their habits from family, friends and co-workers for years. Deceiving a mark in the dark for an hour is easy. By the time non-users can spot a drug user, the odds are that she's been using for so many years that her odds of carrying HIV --- and Hepatitis and Gonnarea and Herpes, and... --- are very high.

Think about that next time you're dining at the Y.
 

Very Veronica

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crackhead said:
The estimated 10,000 addicts who live in the Downtown Eastside have the highest known rate of HIV transmission in the developed world.

By the time non-users can spot a drug user, the odds are that she's been using for so many years that her odds of carrying HIV --- and Hepatitis and Gonnarea and Herpes, and... --- are very high.
I believe the actual number of drug addicts who live down there is more like 3000...but it does swell to 10 000 when all the transient users visit the area. Advocacy groups play with the #'s for funding purposes.

Anyone familiar with the area will also know that syphilis outbreaks are common and let's not forget about TB infection rates.

Hard to believe it's a stone's throw from Yaletown.
 

Discombobbled

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Very Veronica said:
I believe the actual number of drug addicts who live down there is more like 3000...but it does swell to 10 000 when all the transient users visit the area. Advocacy groups play with the #'s for funding purposes.

Anyone familiar with the area will also know that syphilis outbreaks are common and let's not forget about TB infection rates.

Hard to believe it's a stone's throw from Yaletown.
I think the DTES is set up to keep the addicts there. Considering the number of cheap hotels/flophouses down there, where else would an addict go to find lodging they can afford? :)
 

mick_eight

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I think the DTES is set up to keep the addicts there. Considering the number of cheap hotels/flophouses down there, where else would an addict go to find lodging they can afford? :)
A lot live over by the Broadway Fir area, the city doesn't own the railway tracks right of way, so they camp out there and LE leaves them alone.
Check it out, its like surreal.
 

Creole Lady Marmalade

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crackhead said:
The estimated 10,000 addicts who live in the Downtown Eastside have the highest known rate of HIV transmission in the developed world. According to recent stats, 18.6 per cent of Downtown Eastside addicts developed HIV in a year.

This means that of 1,000 addicts presently free of HIV, 186 of them will contract the AIDS-related virus within 12 months. Or, put another way, in a little more than five years, ALL of that initial group are statistically destined to have HIV.

The vast majority of hard-core female addicts support their habits through prostitution sooner or later. (Likewise, many non-addicted prostitutes take up drugs sooner or later.) So don't fool yourself into thinking that just because you didn't meet your latest partner in the Downtown Eastside, she's not an addict.

And don't fool yourself into thinking you can tell anything. Most addicts manage to hide their habits from family, friends and co-workers for years. Deceiving a mark in the dark for an hour is easy. By the time non-users can spot a drug user, the odds are that she's been using for so many years that her odds of carrying HIV --- and Hepatitis and Gonnarea and Herpes, and... --- are very high.

Think about that next time you're dining at the Y.

Think about it the next time you BBBJ, ladies.
And, Crackhead a link for a little light reading to be better educated.
http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/sfcityclinic/stdbasics/stdchart.asp
 

Creole Lady Marmalade

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Haha, just to bug the shit out of ya. The link you provided, does not list HIV thru oral sex as a known risk. Its under "possible" risk with a foot note that says the risk is extremely low.

Yeah, but I'm not talking about HIV thru oral sex, never have, neve did. I'm well aware that it is extremely low risk, but there are other infections other than the dreaded HIV.;). In fact I do believe I said the following to Crackhead "a link for a little light reading to be better educated." As I'm stuck on the BBBJ issue, you seem to be always on the HIV issue, dude there are other much more prevelant STI's.
 

Maury Beniowski

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crackhead said:
Vancouver has the highest rate of HIV in the developed world
Crackhead, headlining something in this manner shows you either don't do your research, or you are easily panicked into using highly innaccurate statements. Just to start you off, here are the most current statistics:

Countries with the Highest HIV Infection Rates in the World
Rank Country HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate(%)

1. Swaziland 38.80
2. Botswana 37.30
3. Zimbabwe 33.70
4. Lesotho 28.90
5. South Africa 21.50
6. Namibia 21.30
7. Zambia 16.50
8. Malawi 14.20
9. Central African Republic 13.50
10. Mozambique 12.20
11. Guinea-Bissau 10.00
12. Tanzania 8.80
13. Gabon 8.10
14. Cote d'Ivoire 7.00
15. Sierra Leone 7.00
16. Cameroon 6.90
17. Kenya 6.70
18. Burundi 6.00
19. Liberia 5.90
20. Haiti 5.60

Alarmingly, the first nineteen are all African nations.

Come on man, do your research before you make wild claims like yours.

(Statistics gathered from Aneki.com)

Very Veronica said:
Advocacy groups play with the #'s for funding purposes.
Couldn't agree with you more.
 

shak

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Creole Lady Marmalade said:
Yeah, but I'm not talking about HIV thru oral sex, never have, neve did. I'm well aware that it is extremely low risk, but there are other infections other than the dreaded HIV.;). In fact I do believe I said the following to Crackhead "a link for a little light reading to be better educated." As I'm stuck on the BBBJ issue, you seem to be always on the HIV issue, dude there are other much more prevelant STI's.
hey, this is an HIV thread after all......
 

shak

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Maury Beniowski said:
Crackhead, headlining something in this manner shows you either don't do your research, or you are easily panicked into using highly innaccurate statements. Just to start you off, here are the most current statistics:

Countries with the Highest HIV Infection Rates in the World
Rank Country HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate(%)

1. Swaziland 38.80
2. Botswana 37.30
3. Zimbabwe 33.70
4. Lesotho 28.90
5. South Africa 21.50
6. Namibia 21.30
7. Zambia 16.50
8. Malawi 14.20
9. Central African Republic 13.50
10. Mozambique 12.20
11. Guinea-Bissau 10.00
12. Tanzania 8.80
13. Gabon 8.10
14. Cote d'Ivoire 7.00
15. Sierra Leone 7.00
16. Cameroon 6.90
17. Kenya 6.70
18. Burundi 6.00
19. Liberia 5.90
20. Haiti 5.60

Alarmingly, the first nineteen are all African nations.

Come on man, do your research before you make wild claims like yours.

(Statistics gathered from Aneki.com)

Couldn't agree with you more.
hm... i am not too sure about how canada's infection rate compares to others. But he'd point out that its the highest among other "developed" world.....
 
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