Re:The secret in my blood
by jacquesm on Friday July 27, 2018 @01:50PM
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Well yes, obviously gay people and drug users are not the bulk of the population so that 32% indicates 32% of all of those that end up HIV positive.
For the mainstream population that is a much lower risk than for a smaller group that has a roughly equal incidence in absolute numbers.
But that risk is still substantial, and you do not want to end up as an entry in the tally of that 32%, which is a substantial number of individuals, if approximately 4% is LGBT then maybe 50% of those (so 2% of the population) takes 68% of the cases, leaving 98% to divide the remaining 32%.
For the mainstream population that is a much lower risk than for a smaller group that has a roughly equal incidence in absolute numbers.
But that risk is still substantial, and you do not want to end up as an entry in the tally of that 32%, which is a substantial number of individuals, if approximately 4% is LGBT then maybe 50% of those (so 2% of the population) takes 68% of the cases, leaving 98% to divide the remaining 32%.
There are many lotteries with far fewer winners.