Talk:Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS

message: The most important thing to know about an epidemic is how many people are infected, worldwide, as a function of time, year by year. That information is totally missing from this article. This sort of thing: https://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/HIV-AIDS.png but updated to 2017. Mollwollfumble (talk) 10:45, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I was able to find that exact graphic on the Our World In Data HIV/AIDs. The authors of the website give full permission to use any content as long as the authors are given credit. I have already created a Wikimedia with the graphic and plan to add it to the article. Larsonem7825 (talk) 22:50, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nothing in article on infections vs time 

message: — Assignment last updated by Myhrwomr1621 (talk) 21:17, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: All updates have been uploaded by this group. Thanks for allowing us to contribute! Larsonem7825 (talk) 03:48, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Epidemiology ENPH 450

message: This is my first time doing this so please excuse me if it's not entirely right, but I noticed that there's a section of the page that states '1 in 6 gay and bisexual men were infected with HIV' in the USA - I thought this was unusually high so I checked the source and it doesn't seem to back it up? The source states that 'there are 1.2 million people living with HIV (PLWH) in the United States, and approximately 40,000 people were diagnosed with HIV in 2015 alone. [...] For example, gay and bisexual men made up an estimated 2% of the U.S. population in 2013 but 55% of all PLWH in the United States. If current diagnosis rates continue, 1 in 6 gay and bisexual men will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime' - this works out to approx 9% / 1 in 10. Not sure which figure to replace this with though (?).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.151.205.250 (talk) 03:50, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Issues with figure relating to how many gay and bisexual men are infected with HIV in the USA

message: The article suggests the first outbreak was 1981, yet the main HIV / AIDS article citation 257 says that 5% of gay men in New York and san Francisco had HIV in 1978.
So the first outbreak in the USA was the 1970s not 80s and were there outbreaks elsewhere? 91.154.169.156 (talk) 20:15, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @91.154.169.156 I haven't checked the sources but this definitely seems contradictory. Perhaps they have a definition of 'outbreak' that prevents the 1970s to count? I haven't checked the sources —Panamitsu (talk) 22:23, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  First outbreak 1981?? 

message: — Assignment last updated by Oakleykinley (talk) 14:46, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Epidemiology ENPH 450

message: Hi there, I really love how detailed your information on the history of AIDS is. The titles are clear and concise and this looks super interesting as well. I think it might help you to include information about pregnancy and HIV. I know that historically it seemed impossible to envision those two things together and most women knew if they had HIV while pregnant it could be a death sentence. However, that is not the case anymore. We know with antiviral drugs and consistent treatment, women and babies can live long healthy lives now.  Oakleykinley (talk) 14:54, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  HIV in Pregnancy  

message: The only source substantiating this article's meth-related claims is "Life or meth", which has been included since the first edit in 2005. The linked website seems to belong to an anti-drug advocacy group. It contains no information regarding the data presented at the 12th Annual Retrovirus Conference in Boston, Michael Majeski, or Tony Zimbardi, as indicated in the article's text.
Since the provided source both failed verification and appears to be unreliable, I am removing the source from the article, as well as the two paragraphs which reference it.
30103db (talk) 02:00, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreliable and unverified medical source: [http://www.lifeormeth.com/ "Life or meth"]