[coldtea]

First, hardly a matter of "life and death". It merely increases still very small odds.

Second, it's not oral sex that increases the odds, it's papillomavirus, which can be transmitted through oral sex (but also through other means of sex, including kissing).

You could have oral sex with someone that doesn't have the papillomavirus as often as you want, and you wouldn't get cancer from. In fact even sticking to a single oral partner (e.g. your spouse) reduces the (already small) odds heavily, even if you're not sure whether they have HPV or not.

[salex89]

I know that HPV causes it, not oral sex by itself, I just didn't elaborate enough.

It is true that vigorous kissing can maybe lead to HPV, but you have to get the virus to the mouth in the first place...

[1000units]

This is an overly simplistic, optimistic view of disease. Method of exposure matters significantly. Note how heterosexual couples virtually never have to worry about HIV, for example, if you're unfamiliar with this concept.

[coldtea]

>Note how heterosexual couples virtually never have to worry about HIV, for example, if you're unfamiliar with this concept.

Yeah, that's not how HIV (or heterosexual couples) work...

[1000units]

I'm sorry, I do not understand what you're trying to imply.

[seba_dos1]

> Note how heterosexual couples virtually never have to worry about HIV

I think you may be in for some bad news.

[1000units]

Please elaborate if you have the opportunity.

How many strictly heterosexual couples have been infected with HIV in the history of mankind? I'm aware there must be some due to IV drug abuse.

[coldtea]

>How many strictly heterosexual couples have been infected with HIV in the history of mankind?

Several tens of millions (most of them in Africa), why?

[1000units]

Do you have any statistics on this you can refer me to? The CDC estimates the transmission risk for receptive PIV intercourse to be about 8 in 10,000 exposures (0.08%). It's half that for the insertive partner.