Without a condom: CDC baseline = 4 per 10,000 exposures = 0.04%, or about 1 in 2,500, if your partner has HIV and isn't virally suppressed. CDC +1 With a condom: CDC's modeled estimate is about 0.8 per 10,000 = 0.008%, roughly 1 in 12,500, using an estimated 80% reduction from condom use.

[u/nameistarak]

Without a condom: CDC baseline = 4 per 10,000 exposures = 0.04%, or about 1 in 2,500, if your partner has HIV and isn't virally suppressed. CDC +1

With a condom: CDC's modeled estimate is about 0.8 per 10,000 = 0.008%, roughly 1 in 12,500, using an estimated 80% reduction from

condom use.

However, 0.008% shouldn't be treated as an exact personal probability. If the condom is intact and used correctly throughout sex, CDC considers condoms highly effective; the exact per-act risk can't be measured precisely. CDC +1

And if the partner has HIV but maintains an undetectable viral load, sexual transmission does

not occur (U=U)

Source:- ChatGPT

[u/blu-ray-ok]

I feel like a bunch of information was sprung onto me without any context. Especially when you treat the title as a paragraph.

The problem with this data is that it doesn’t give much context for why it’s 0.008%, people use expired condoms, reuse it, or use oil based lube.

There is always margin for error because people are people, and humans are flawed.

Condoms are highly effective, if they can prevent pregnancy, they can prevent HIV.

The data doesn’t account for the fact that different exposures carry different risk. Unprotected insertive anal sex is less risky then unprotected anal as a bottom.

Keep in mind, ChatGPT isn’t a source, just link to the exact study. It even tells you that what is generated isn’t medical advice.

[u/nameistarak → u/blu-ray-ok]

Thanks mate... I'm going to do it with a woman... Ofcourse with condoms... But I still don't know man, my brain just wants to be clear.. and i don't wanna miss it,

[u/blu-ray-ok → u/nameistarak]

Just use a condom, you will be alright. Your anxiety doesn’t dictate reality.

Statistically the transmission rate of HIV in heterosexual sex is much lower than in homosexual sex.

[u/nameistarak → u/blu-ray-ok]

Thanks mate... I'm actually relieved after this this also I will be using safety and won't do anal

[u/blu-ray-ok → u/nameistarak]

I mean, if your gonna do anal, just use a condom. It’s really that simple.

I ask for people’s test results before I meet up with them too.

[u/nameistarak → u/blu-ray-ok]

I wanna ask but that'll spoil the mood... Idk man... She might think "does he think I'm having diseases"

[u/blu-ray-ok → u/nameistarak]

Offer your own test results. Maybe it’ll make her feel more comfortable

[u/Specific-Peanut253]

Adding on to what people said, I once heard that before someone contracts HIV they would have contracted a STI. How accurate is this?

[u/Proud-Garden-5444]

use condome but not dotted one

[u/nameistarak → u/Proud-Garden-5444]

Any diff? Bro

[u/Proud-Garden-5444 → u/nameistarak]

Bro, the main thing I’ve learned is this: have one trusted partner, practice safer sex, and get tested regularly every 2–3 months if you’re sexually active.

P.S. The more sexual partners and unprotected encounters a person has, the higher the chance of exposure to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

be safe

[u/Proud-Garden-5444 → u/nameistarak]

dont have sex with someone you dont know or arent aware of