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I also advocate for the kids on my college campus to get HIV testing done, even though the number who actually have it will be incredibly small. Those that do have it, however, will likely be suprised, and if it keeps them from spreading it to others without knowing it than great. I don't lie about the level of risk, but I don't see why everyone shouldn't get tested when it costs nothing but a very small amount of time.
Me either. We agree. I have a problem with people inflating risk to the point that it becomes generally accepted as true when it's not.
Fine, only one I could find again on CDC was about gay men and it was 1 in 3. Here is ASHA stating that 1 in 4 will have an STD.
This is exactly my point. The corrupting of statistics about a specific high risk group or the translation of projections into statistics. There's no need to do it. It's just the dumbing down of actual problems to the point where people advocating against a position can use the fact that the numbers are dead wrong with bias all one way to make equally flawed arguments for the other side.
Allowing the debate to be equivocated when you're right is imbecilic and serves no purpose. You wear safety belts in cars because it's likely you'll be injured less in an accident. You don't try to convince people to wear safety belts in cars because 'someone not wearing a safety belt dies in a car acciedent every 8 seconds OMG!!'
Me either. We agree. I have a problem with people inflating risk to the point that it becomes generally accepted as true when it's not.
Fine, only one I could find again on CDC was about gay men and it was 1 in 3. Here is ASHA stating that 1 in 4 will have an STD.
This is exactly my point. The corrupting of statistics about a specific high risk group or the translation of projections into statistics. There's no need to do it. It's just the dumbing down of actual problems to the point where people advocating against a position can use the fact that the numbers are dead wrong with bias all one way to make equally flawed arguments for the other side.
Allowing the debate to be equivocated when you're right is imbecilic and serves no purpose. You wear safety belts in cars because it's likely you'll be injured less in an accident. You don't try to convince people to wear safety belts in cars because 'someone not wearing a safety belt dies in a car acciedent every 8 seconds OMG!!'
STFU your such a facts guy you forget the real reason people want these things done because they make a difference.
Oh, I make sure of it.