Once again, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is busy with other priorities — such as making employees on the government payroll watch porn scenes featuring the most tested population on the planet, and stonewalling new preventative therapies such as PrEP…
More than 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV – including about 156,300 (1 in 8) who don’t realize it, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A man gets an HIV test at a Los Angeles clinic. A new report from the CDC estimates that 13% of Americans who are HIV-postiive don’t know they are infected. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
That means 13% of those who are infected with the virus that causes AIDS aren’t in a position to protect their health, or the health of others.
The White House has set a goal of making sure at least 90% of people infected with HIV are aware of their status. As of 2012, only four states – Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii and New York – had certainly met that goal, researchers reported Thursday in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Colorado came very close, with an estimated 89.7% of its HIV-positive population having received a diagnosis.
Another seven states – Alaska, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Vermont – may well be meeting the 90% target set in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the researchers said. However, these seven states did not have enough new cases of HIV in recent years to allow for a statistically reliable estimate.
