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Athens, GA

I haven't seen the younger generation as much becoming positive. Is this a trend or is prep working? Are young people even sexually promiscuous anymore??

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February 21, 2025
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Members explored whether HIV is becoming more common among seniors while younger generations see different trends, with perspectives ranging... Read more

Members explored whether HIV is becoming more common among seniors while younger generations see different trends, with perspectives ranging across the U.S. and Zambia. Several members noted that PrEP is helping, younger people today are more open to relationships than casual sex, but some doctors are still seeing new diagnoses in people in their twenties and thirties. A recurring theme was the urgent need for better HIV education, as many young people view the virus as manageable due to medication commercials, leaving them underprepared about real risks.

A myHIVteam Member

Prep is working and more and more people are using it but sex is not as aggressive as it used to be back in our day. The young people of today are dating more than they're having sex. 👍

February 21, 2025
A myHIVteam Member

Even though prep may have been somewhat effective. I think statistics are going to be all over. I know back in the mid 2000s a lot of schools were scrapping sex ed classes or requiring consent forms. People from my generation and younger. This is just from my observations and my personal opinion. That have had kids weren't raised right so didn't raise their kids right. It just keeps getting worse.
Unfortunately given observations and current administration were definitely headed backwards.

February 22, 2025
A myHIVteam Member

From what I have seen young gay man are not worried about HIV like they should. When your young you think your invincible and they see it in commercials which make it seem HIV is no big deal. There are more HIV commercials for those that are positive then there are prep commercials . My ID doctor says he’s seeing more patients who are turning positive in there twenties and thirties

February 21, 2025
A myHIVteam Member

Im the young generation I was 25 going on 26 when I found out I had hiv. I was devasted but I got myself together sex comes and goes. Now that I have a bf and we're in different cities sex comes when we're ready. It's crazy because my bf and I was just talking about sex and HIV.

February 21, 2025
A myHIVteam Member

They just horny🥹

February 22, 2025

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