HIV infection may well be dropping throughout the world. Is that because of the wonderful work of the world gay and lesbian activists in promoting that everyone uses condoms?
That may be so to a small degree. But the real reason is that antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are widely available across the world. ARV destroys the virus in the blood which removes the virus from the genitals and allows HIV infected people to have sex without a condom.
They are still infected as the virus is still in the hiding places waiting to burst out once the person stops taking ARV. Drug holidays are a dangerous fantasy. Reports also advise a rise in infection among the gay men of the world.
Millions of infected people on ARV are having sex without condoms for all they are worth. There is no behaviour change except to take ARV.
It may also be because of the focus of the churches on family, abstinence and fidelity. There is less danger in loving families.
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