Go to the source for information about HIV and fellatio

[ciphergoth]

The BBC news report adjectivemarcus quoted about HIV and fellatio is actually a bit misleading.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1422000/1422582.stm

and note that when they say "oral sex", they mean "cocksucking". Go to the source: the press release from which they drew the article:

http://www.phls.co.uk/news/pressreleases/01pr/010705pr.htm

and find that where the BBC say "up to 8%", the press release says "3-8%" of infections.

Note also that this does not mean that you have a 3-8% chance of getting the virus every time you suck cock! The 3-8% figure is their estimate of the proportion of infections that come from fellatio rather than more common sources such as fucking without a condom or IV drug use with shared needles. That figure tells you very little indeed about how risky fellatio is, except to say that the risk isn't zero.

Later this week they'll be publishing more of the report on their website. Hopefully they'll give enough information for us to make an informed choice about the risks we take...

I'd just like to add one important postscript:

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Comments

[djm4]

Well, yes. 'Safer' sex is a much more attainable goal than 'safe' sex, anyway. As long as I and the people I'm having sex with are as informed as possible about the risks, I shall continue to take risks that I consider are acceptable.

Mind you, I'll be the first to admit that I'm not likely to be the person directly at risk. I recieve fellatio far more often than I give it, and no one seems to have done studies about cunnilingus (which I'd miss far more, frankly) at all.