HIV and sex workers

[Madman]

[h=1]HIV and sex workers[/h]


[h=1]HIV and sex workers[/h][h=2]Published July 22, 2014[/h]
[h=3]Executive summary[/h]With heightened risks of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, sex workers face substantial barriers in accessing prevention, treatment, and care services, largely because of stigma, discrimination, and criminalisation in the societies in which they live. These social, legal, and economic injustices contribute to their high risk of acquiring HIV. Often driven underground by fear, sex workers encounter or face the direct risk of violence and abuse daily. Sex workers remain underserved by the global HIV response. This Series of seven papers aims to investigate the complex issues faced by sex workers worldwide, and calls for the decriminilisation of sex work, in the global effort to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic.


Harper's gotta go Harper's gotta go Harper's gotta go Harper's gotta go Harper's gotta go Harper's gotta go Harper's gotta go Harper's gotta go

 

[Dash]

That is a lot of reading.

Cole notes anyone?.

 

[MEAT]

That is a lot of reading.

Cole notes anyone?.

Harper's gotta go.

 

[Chloe Croft]

I read a study that stated that sex workers were actually less likely to HIV than some other women in the population. Why? Because they tend to be more careful and always wear protection. Don't want to sound catty but you can't always say the same thing for the 22 year college girl on a Friday night. Just sayin'

 

[Chloe Croft]

Now, can you tell me where I might find one of these 22 year old college girls? :biggrin2:

I used to be one.... *Sigh*

 

[Angie]

That is way too much t read, it would be like reading my psychology books, I am tired of reading, however yes I have skimmed through a few articles. I believe here in the western world Canada and US we or you as clients should be assured you are pretty safe as condom use and regular checkins at the doc are mandatory. (While for me anyways)
But other countries where men frequent (the business travel or regular pooning vacationer) I have heard from clients and readings it is a regular occurrence for a women to offer services and not use protection. We must also think that it is just not socially acceptable for condom use in other cultures whether you are a sex worker or not. It is much more complex and many women else where are not educated on the issues or men at that on safe sex. Yes in todays world, there are still countries and people living life in the dark ages so to speak.

Yes the world needs to be educated, and yes we need a new government.

 

[Allegra Escorts]

It's true, sex workers tend to have lower STI rates than the general population, due to the fact that clients also recognize the increased risk of seeing a lady who has multiple sexual partners. As such, clients are more inclined to use protection when offered. It may seem counterintuitive, but that actually offers the best argument against mandatory testing for sex workers; if a client knows a girl is being tested weekly or monthly, he might feel more comfortable hobbying without protection, because he wrongly assumes that any STI would show up in a recent test. But HIV has a three-month incubation period, during which it doesn't show up in testing.

Always play safe, boys and girls - and yes, Harper's gotta go.

 

[Raiden]

Always play safe, boys and girls - and yes, Harper's gotta go.

I wouldn't have agreed a year ago but now I'm definitely in the Harper's gotta go camp!

MM, make me a picket sign with "Harper's Gotta Go" and I'll wear it as I'm walking into the incalls. :biggrin2:

 

[Lorenzo]

Bees could hold the key to preventing HIV transmission. Researchers have discovered that bee venom kills the virus while leaving body cells unharmed, which could lead to an anti-HIV vaginal gel and other treatments.

Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that melittin, a toxin found in bee venom, physically destroys the HIV virus, a breakthrough that could potentially lead to drugs that are immune to HIV resistance. The study was published Thursday in the journal Antiviral Therapy.

"Our hope is that in places where HIV is running rampant, people could use this as a preventative measure to stop the initial infection," Joshua Hood, one of the authors of the study, said in a statement.
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The researchers attached melittin to nanoparticles that are physically smaller than HIV, which is smaller than body cells. The toxin rips holes in the virus' outer layer, destroying it, but the particles aren't large enough to damage body cells.

"Based on this finding, we propose that melittin-loaded nanoparticles are well-suited for use as topical vaginal HIV virucidal agents," they write.
Theoretically, the particles could also be injected into an HIV-positive person to eliminate the virus in the bloodstream.

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Because the toxin attacks the virus' outer layer, the virus is likely unable to develop a resistance to the substance, which could make it more effective than other HIV drugs.

"Theoretically, melittin nanoparticles are not susceptible to HIV mutational resistance seen with standard HIV therapies," they write. "By disintegrating the [virus'] lipid envelope [it's] less likely to develop resistance to the melittin nanoparticles."

The group plans to soon test the gel in clinical trials.

 

[bobistheowl]

As with all of these studied sourced from articles published in The Globe and Mail, "sex worker" is a polite euphemism for street action and truck stop 'Mollies'. The Globe does most of their 'research' by watching 1950's 'Educational' films, (the ones played in schools, not the 8 MM loops from a premarital party), and 'pre Code comic books.

Neither the Globe, nor the Conservative government, is aware of any sex industry that does not do its business in backyards and alleyways. The AOL Internet browser blocks all sites containing any or all of the acronyms listed in the 'Abbreviations' sticky. The kids know how to get around that, but their parents in parliament aren't tech savvy enough to figure it out themselves.

 

[oldguyzer]

Neither the Globe, nor the Conservative government, is aware of any sex industry that does not do its business in backyards and alleyways. The AOL Internet browser blocks all sites containing any or all of the acronyms listed in the 'Abbreviations' sticky. The kids know how to get around that, but their parents in parliament aren't tech savvy enough to figure it out themselves.

Ask any excort in Ottawa...they all see politicans.

 

[oldguyzer]

Sex workers have a much lower incidence of STD/STI than the general population, as mentioned above. Same for those in the medical world who work with sex workers. Knowledge is all it takes.

Think of all the BB sex yu have had with non-professionals. Then compare that to BB with sex workers. Guess where the biggest risk is?

 

[bobistheowl]

Ask any excort in Ottawa...they all see politicans.

Politicians aren't in the business of making laws for themselves. Laws are to protect the business interests of their contributors, and to instill fear, outrage, mild contentment and obedience in a plurality of people who actually vote.

 

[oldguyzer]

Politicians aren't in the business of making laws for themselves. Laws are to protect the business interests of their contributors, and to instill fear, outrage, mild contentment and obedience in a plurality of people who actually vote.

Way too simplistic a view Typical anti-establishment attitude.

 

[Cardinal Fang]

Politicians aren't in the business of making laws for themselves. Laws are to protect the business interests of their contributors, and to instill fear, outrage, mild contentment and obedience in a plurality of people who actually vote.

+2 points for the use of "plurality" in a statement.