In fact, as fewer people have unprotected anal or vaginal sex and rely on the belief that oral sex is safe, the percentage of those acquiring HIV from oral sex is bound to increase. Factors that increase transmission risk, such as tooth and gum disease or lip wounds, high viral load or co-infection by other sexually transmitted diseases complicate the choices we need to make while drugs and substances we take may impair our judgement when we need it to be its sharpest.
Oral sex is exciting, however.
I have not been able to draw the line at tasting only latex, finding a cock with a condom on as exciting to suck as an orange plastic warning cone run over in the street. Deep down I must not truly believe I'm in sufficient danger to do anything differently. This belief is substantiated by my observations in the real world, with eager, anticipating oral-sex recipients and givers all around and the cocksuckers I know seemingly doing well in spite of their unabashed indulgence. Perhaps time will catch up with us and AIDS will lower a boom, again, to make us regret our cavalier approach to oral sex. Until that time, the decision I can live with is to do it, and do it well, but to inform my partners of my status.