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In Topic: Sex Tourism To Thailand And Indonesia Driving Rise In HIV Cases
2012-05-22 15:33:53
OzMick, on 2012-05-22 07:12:48, said:
QED, on 2012-05-22 03:10:51, said:
mrfill, on 2012-05-21 17:24:23, said:
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Some time ago I was told that the chances of a man being infected with HIV from a woman during vaginal intercourse was 1%, but the chances of a woman being infected by a man who is carrying the disease during vaginal intercourse is 100%, when you have a man in a sexual relationship with another man the chances of infection if one of the partners is carrying the disease jump, I'm not sure of the figures but I'm sure someone would be, so the use of a condom is highly recommended, when I was in the navy my mother always said to me "be good, but if you can't be good be careful".
So a woman has 100% 'chance' if she has sex with an infected man unless he has sex with other men, in which case the chances jump. In other words, more than 100%!!
It doesnt need Einstein to work out something is wrong there.
Rubbish statistics and reporting are the problem here. One poster stated that between 10 and 30% of bar girls in Patong would test HIV+. A more accurate range would be between 0 and 100%. Unless you test the entire group there WILL be a margin of error but so many 'experts' extrapolate their statistics from unrealistic samples and expect the world to believe them. Example: The increase in infections in Queensland and WA is due to the mining boom. Most infections involve gay men. Therefore most mining workers must be gay!!!
Lying about the problem, for whatever reason, is not helpful and may even be counter-productive as truthful reports could be ignored in the filtering process.
There *is* still a problem but nowadays it is more likely to be governments wishing to increase the wealth of the rich at the expense of the health of the poor.
I can confirm this as true, as I work with a load of Aussie miners in Indonesia a few times a year.
Sorry, forgot the smiley
They all give me so much crap as the only Brit onsite whenever I go there, except when the Ashes are on of course....
In Topic: Sex Tourism To Thailand And Indonesia Driving Rise In HIV Cases
2012-05-22 03:10:51
mrfill, on 2012-05-21 17:24:23, said:
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Some time ago I was told that the chances of a man being infected with HIV from a woman during vaginal intercourse was 1%, but the chances of a woman being infected by a man who is carrying the disease during vaginal intercourse is 100%, when you have a man in a sexual relationship with another man the chances of infection if one of the partners is carrying the disease jump, I'm not sure of the figures but I'm sure someone would be, so the use of a condom is highly recommended, when I was in the navy my mother always said to me "be good, but if you can't be good be careful".
So a woman has 100% 'chance' if she has sex with an infected man unless he has sex with other men, in which case the chances jump. In other words, more than 100%!!
It doesnt need Einstein to work out something is wrong there.
Rubbish statistics and reporting are the problem here. One poster stated that between 10 and 30% of bar girls in Patong would test HIV+. A more accurate range would be between 0 and 100%. Unless you test the entire group there WILL be a margin of error but so many 'experts' extrapolate their statistics from unrealistic samples and expect the world to believe them. Example: The increase in infections in Queensland and WA is due to the mining boom. Most infections involve gay men. Therefore most mining workers must be gay!!!
Lying about the problem, for whatever reason, is not helpful and may even be counter-productive as truthful reports could be ignored in the filtering process.
There *is* still a problem but nowadays it is more likely to be governments wishing to increase the wealth of the rich at the expense of the health of the poor.
I can confirm this as true, as I work with a load of Aussie miners in Indonesia a few times a year.
In Topic: Uk Passport From Hk
2012-05-08 20:45:51
beano2274, on 2012-05-08 20:35:39, said:
Am on an extension of stay, last year I received my new UK Passport, took the old one and the new one to my local office (Nonthaburi), they duly stamped the relevant details into my new passport, took up two pages. There were no problems and no letter from the Embassy was required.
Same here, got mine in August from Hong Kong and no issues. UK passports have been coming by courier from HK for over a year now, and any Immi officer should know that. Sounds like your's was being deliberately obtuse, maybe rag week?
