Swiss Docs to HIV+ on Meds: You May Now Screw With Abandon

Among them: you can’t have gone off your meds for even a day or you risk becoming contagious again; you can’t have any other sexually infectious diseases; and the kicker is, while they believe these statements to be true, they compare this to the statement made 20 years ago that HIV cannot be transmitted through kissing, which still has never technically been proven.  To wit:

If no transmission events were observed among 100 couples followed for
two years, for instance, there might still be some such events if 10,000 couples are followed for ten years. The situation is analogous to
1986, when the statement ‘HIV cannot be transmitted by kissing’ was
publicised. This statement has not been proven, but after 20 years’
experience its accuracy appears highly plausible.

So, uh, no dancing in the streets just yet?

Swiss experts say individuals with undetectable viral load and no STI cannot transmit HIV during sex (AIDSmap)

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  1. FYI:

    Several HIV/AIDS advocacy groups and scientists expressed concern following the release of the report, noting that the research was focused on heterosexual couples and vaginal intercourse rather than anal sex, according to AFP/Yahoo! News. Roger Peabody of the Terrence Higgins Trust <http://www.tht.org.uk/> in London said the “real thing” missing from the report was information about “anal sex and getting a new” STI. “We don’t feel the scientific evidence is conclusive, and there are some key issues that are not covered” in the report, Peabody said.

    The French HIV/AIDS advocacy group Act Up <http://www.actupparis.org/> said that only a small number of HIV-positive people would be affected by the findings and added that 40% of HIV-positive people taking antiretrovirals still carry the virus despite treatment adherence. France’s National AIDS Council said the findings are not conclusive enough to apply to all HIV-positive people who follow their treatment regimens.

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