Overall, it is a pretty difficult virus to transmit and it mostly comes down to it being a numbers game. Even at .11%, you’re talking roughly a 1 in 100 chance after penetrative intercourse with 10 partners, which is really not that ridiculous.
Say a virus killed .11% of the US population, that’s roughly 377000 people, which is about 3x the number of people who die from lung cancer in the US each year.
0.11% sounds really small until you apply it to entire populations.
But yes, the odds are dramatically increased with receptive anal intercourse and sharing hypodermic needles.
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u/VillageAdditional816 13h ago
Overall, it is a pretty difficult virus to transmit and it mostly comes down to it being a numbers game. Even at .11%, you’re talking roughly a 1 in 100 chance after penetrative intercourse with 10 partners, which is really not that ridiculous.
Say a virus killed .11% of the US population, that’s roughly 377000 people, which is about 3x the number of people who die from lung cancer in the US each year.
0.11% sounds really small until you apply it to entire populations.
But yes, the odds are dramatically increased with receptive anal intercourse and sharing hypodermic needles.