The warning sirens are wailing, but young black men who are gay don't seem to be listening. And so the march into self-destruction continues. The AIDS virus is being detected in gay black men at stunning rates, comparable to some of the hardest-hit sections of Africa. A study released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed an annual H.I.V. infection rate of nearly 15 percent among young black men who were gay or bisexual. The study, which focused on six cities, was conducted by researchers who reported in February that 30 percent of all young, gay black men were already infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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