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Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by jrumbut on Saturday February 12, 2022 @01:21AM (#30310442)
I didn't see the headline as misleading because it did not mention individual risk.

Would appending a clause mentioning that gay men remain at greater risk improve the headline? Or is it possible that this story should be presented in a very different way or not at all?

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Re:Heterosexual HIV diagnoses overtake those in gay men for ... by truetraveller on Saturday February 12, 2022 @10:50AM (#30313658)
It's misleading because the first thing that comes to mind is "wow, the non-gay community is worse than the gay community when it comes to HIV!", which is completely wrong. It would be right if the proportions of both communities were the same, but they are 100x different.
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