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lpm wrote: ↑

Mon May 23, 2022 1:19 pm

The BBC isn't being upfront about what's going on.

Presumably because of the problem that homophobes will brand it a gay disease and blame people accordingly.

But saying stuff like: "Did the same old virus find itself in the right place – like a festival – or group of people where it was able to spread easily?" just spreads unnecessary fear. Before long Herainstold will be flying to Bouvet Island to avoid it.

The "festival" was an arranged international sex orgy, it appears. The "group of people" are MSM meeting up for anonymous fun in saunas. This is a sexual health problem, more than it's a public health problem. It's better to be direct about it.

Woodchopper wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:42 pm

lpm wrote: ↑

Mon May 23, 2022 1:19 pm

The BBC isn't being upfront about what's going on.

Presumably because of the problem that homophobes will brand it a gay disease and blame people accordingly.

But saying stuff like: "Did the same old virus find itself in the right place – like a festival – or group of people where it was able to spread easily?" just spreads unnecessary fear. Before long Herainstold will be flying to Bouvet Island to avoid it.

The "festival" was an arranged international sex orgy, it appears. The "group of people" are MSM meeting up for anonymous fun in saunas. This is a sexual health problem, more than it's a public health problem. It's better to be direct about it.

Updated data from New York. Still appears to be a disease transmitted among men who have sex with men. Or at least no cases have been identified among women and less than one per cent among people identified as being straight: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloa ... 071522.pdf