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by mrcactu5 3402 days ago
HIV is a pretty rare disease. About 1 in 300 people in the USA. So I don't understand 1 in 4 gay men are HIV+.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_and_men_who_have_sex_wit...

The CDC reports that in 2009, MSM accounted for 61% of all new HIV infections and that MSM who had a history of recreational drug injection accounted for an additional 3% of new infections. Among the approximately 784,701 people living with an HIV diagnosis, 396,810 (51%) were MSM. About 48% of MSM living with an HIV diagnosis were white, 30% were black, and 19% were Hispanic or Latino. Although the majority of MSM are white, non-whites accounted for 54% of new infections HIV related MSM infections in 2008.[7] A recent study estimated that for every 100,000 MSM, 692 will be diagnosed with HIV. This makes MSM 60 times more likely to contract the virus than other men and 54 times more likely than women

About 2% of men are HIV positive. So just blindly using 1/4 you get 1/200 people are HIV positive. Assuming that the place discussed is a little bit above average, and you get a number that is consistent with the population having a 1 in 300 HIV rate.
I didn't mean to imply that 1 in 4 gay men are HIV+ but in certain populations the rate of HIV infection is that high unfortunately.