HIV is Spreading Among Clueless Young Adults Who Aren't Getting Tested

[TexasTowelie]

Young people seem to be less likely to get tested for HIV than older adults, and a new study now reveals the reasons why.

In the United States, 38.8 percent of women and 53.8 percent of men aged 15 to 44 reported they had never been tested for HIV outside of donating blood or blood products between 2011 and 2015, according to a new study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health Statistics Reports on Thursday, Jan. 25.

Yet, among those 15 to 24, the percentage who reported they had never been tested soared to 63.9 percent of women and 73.7 percent of men.

The most common reason reported by women and men for having never been tested was that they thought they were “unlikely to have been exposed to HIV,” according to the study.

Read more: http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2018/01/hiv-is-spreading-among-clueless-young-adults-who-arent-getting-tested/

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. How much does age matter?

I'm 69, and when AIDS first became part of our national consciousness, my husband and I had several serious talks about it and if we were at risk. We came to the conclusion that we weren't.

I sometimes tell young people that I came of age before AIDS/HIV and they melt with envy. Which is not to say that we didn't have other STDs to worry about, but none of them were fatal.

I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to be a sexually active person these days.

[irisblue]

3. Welcome to DU dsmac. I look forward to more from you.