Comments on: Binge drinking linked to increased HIV risk

By: Larry in Tucson

Larry in Tucson — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:11:54 +0000

Not much useful information here. The writer seems to be making assumptions that cannot be supported. The study used information from

“the Community Health Survey, (and)… local data from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance project, which is based on interviews with MSM in gay bars and other venues.

Persons more likely to engage in risky behavior like multiple sex partners and unprotected sex may also engage in binge drinking. There may not be a cause and effect being documented but rather a confluence of risky behaviors. Also, if you sample people at a bar, it is likely that they are there to drink, and to seek sexual partners and will skew any attempt at a representative sample. How do you account for binge drinkers who stay home and don’t have multiple sex partners or forgo condom use? You won’t be likely to hear from them if you take surveys in bars. At least the Health Dept had the honesty to note that the sample was not likely to be representative of MSM but the author seems determined to draw conclusions nonetheless.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:41:36 +0000

How is this news, the more one drinks, the more one tends to unhinge one’s brain and if you have several people together, the more they drink together, maybe the more they unhinge their brains together and do unthinking things together, like gee, I (we) must have forgotten THE condom (s) or as they say preservative in Europe, (like in preserve a few lives, HELLO? preservative or condom, same idea). I know I had a good time, but how did I wind up with HIV? Kind of like put 2 + 2 together folks?
no condom might = increased health risk.
A no-brainer except to a brain unhinged on too much booze.

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:33:11 +0000

Damn guys, wrap it up up ALWAYS!

Did society not learn a friggin thing from the early 80’s?