Post by wcw on May 31, 2010 17:41:08 GMT -5
May 29, 2010 20:55:15 GMT -5 @wcw said:
Actually contrary to popular belief its very hard to gets AIDS. And compared to AIDS hep C is a lot easier to get. Depending on what method you come into contact with someone AIDS your odds of getting AIDS are between 1 in 2000 and 1 in 300.
While Hep C has a 15% infection rate when there is direct sexual contact which is higher then any way you can contract AIDS.
All in all Hep C is pretty bad I hope he caught it early because if treated late it could be fatal and rare strands could be fatal as well. Hep C has a very low mortality rate compared to AIDS but its a lot easier to infect others with it.
I hope Waltman got treatment at the right time and is able to lay off Alcohol (Which causes Hep C to spread and become worse).
Actually, it is only hard for a healthy person to get HIV. Take a look at the infection rate in South Africa. There is a very strong correlation between having any other existing sexually transmitted disease and the infection rate of HIV.
There is a lot of debate to why the AIDS/HIV infection rate in South Africa is so high. Many theories like lack of contraception, to genetic factors, to AIDS/HIV infection rates being higher in those with lesser health.
All in all its probably the lack of contraception and the fact that the virus originated in Africa and that even thought the infection rate is low the amount of times people are coming into contact with the virus (mostly sexually) is much higher due to lack of contraception (And awareness) and rape being very high in many parts of Africa.