[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

well by that logic you can also say that anyone who plays contact sports, a rugby player who has any blood anywhere could technically transfer it to another player just by playing rugby, so really rugby is just as dangerous for getting HIV as sharing a rolled up dollar bill...

Let's try to keep things in perspective.

Yes, but who's more likely to be sharing bodily fluids/spreading diseases?

The rugby player with the small chance of having a cut, the small chance of him having an infection to start with and the small chance of his blood coming into contact with another player?

Or the frequent drug user who often has casual sex? Activities where they're not exactly going to be in the most rational frame of mind to be safe etc. It kind of speaks for itself.

That's like saying anyone can be burned by fire in their own home by matches or kitchen equipment. It's all the same chance. Well it isn't, that doesn't mean there aren't people, like firefighters, who obviously have a MUCH higher chance of this happening.



The firefighter who frequently takes drugs, has casual sex and plays rugby on the weekend though.