PrEP has definitely changed the landscape when it comes to dealing with HIV, and there are numbers available to prove it. As reported by the BBC, the United Kingdom has seen a 71 percent drop in HIV infection among gay and bi men, thanks mostly to the use of PrEP.
The numbers come from Public Health England, which says HIV transmissions among gay and bisexual men dropped to just 800 in 2018. This is a huge drop from the 2012 numbers, which pegs the number of transmissions at 2,800.
Public Health England also revealed that 93 percent of the 103,800 people living with HIV in the UK have been diagnosed with the virus. Ninety-seven percent of those have been receiving treatment, with 97 percent of that 97 percent already undetectable and unable to transmit the virus.
Matt Hancock, the UK’s Health Secretary, believes that the drop shows that the UK will be able to end HIV transmission by 2030.
“I feel very strongly that we must end HIV transmission. HIV has brought untold hurt and suffering to so many, so it is encouraging to see transmissions continue to fall across the UK,” he said.
Currently, high-risk patients in Scotland and Wales can get PrEP for free. However, other people can also get PrEP by taking part in an impact trial that started in September 2017.
Access to PrEP is much easier in the United States, especially with the US government’s recent opening of applications for free PrEP. To get free PrEP, applicants must not have insurance coverage for prescription drugs. Second, they must test negative for HIV. Finally, they should have a PrEP prescription. Those interested in applying can call the toll-free number 1-855-447-8410.
Aside from that, generic HIV prevention medication will also be made available on September 30, 2020.
So, it sounds like Prep is only 97% effective, which means 3% can still get infected, which means Prep is no panacea. It also means way too many men are barebacking. That is unacceptable.
if you have 97% at school are you amazing or you are bad?
I agree with you on this one. Father Hennepin is an idiot for saying that. So to answer your question if he got 97% at school he isn’t good enough
The 97% at school doesn’t come with an insane amount of potential bad side effects and used an excuse by the majority of users for irresponsible bad behavior. The amount of people on prep who are barebacking blows my mind. I think there are responsible decisions to be made to use Prep but just blindly recommending everyone should be on it and how great it is is bad faith.
Seriously? You’d take that chance getting infected? Apple & oranges Dave, sorry but I will not gamble my health over 3%.
some people do, some others take PrEP and condom. To each his decision.
Keep in mind that a majority of HIV positive guys are undetectable, so it adds up to the equation as well.
If they can’t transmit and you can’t catch it at 97%, I think it’s great, don’t you think?
The article says nothing of the kind.
The 97 percent statistic was not related to the efficacy of Prep use. You have mixed the numbers.
I agree. Also reports fail to mention that STD have increased significantly . It appears that doctors or anyone who is promoting and dispensing the PREP aren’t educating for safer sex .
Although I’m
Concerned about HIV , I’m actually more worried about get gonorrhea, chlamydia syphylis etc etc . I find prep users more high rush than hiv positive and/or undetectable
Condoms condoms condoms ! Safer sex is good sex
Learn how to read maybe u should go back to school and if u have post high school education u should ask for ur money back. Prep is 99.97 percent effective they said that 97 percent of the people that have hiv are being treated and that 97 percent of those people are already undetectable and cannot transmit the virus to someone else whether they are on prep or not . Do some reading it can take up to 6 months for someone taking hiv Meds to get to undetectable. And prep would still protect those on it from these… Read more »
Unlike your uneducated grammar using “u” and “ur”?
Although, as Dave says, a 97% effective rate is amazing, I don’t see where you’re getting that number for an effective rate. That number is used twice. First, as the percentage of diagnosed patients who are receiving treatment for HIV and, a second time, as a percent of those receiving treatment who are now undetectable.
This summary on A4A doesn’t mention an effective rate for Prep that I can see, but the underlying BBC article does:
“Many in the sexual-health sector say Prep, when taken correctly, is almost 100% effective”
Yet “almost 100%’ still is not 100%, we need real numbers from the actual case study.
Also, this puff piece mentions *nothing* about syphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia transmission rates, particularly the drug-resistant strains which were *also* first detected in the UK. Those will be the next wave of pestilence, if barebacking continues to be seen as acceptable, HIV-related or not.
Who would be a Frequent Flyer on and airline that advertised that its planes’ structures and systems were “97% Reliable”? A very special few.
This is great news in the fight to end HIV transmission and ultimately save lives. I hope that there will be a vaccine that works so that prep is no longer required. I think that vaccines are more likely the most effective way to be sure that transmission and continued world spread of this disease can be eliminated. Small pox is eradicated as of 1979 because of a robust vaccination program. I believe that HIV can also be eliminated as well thru vaccinations. However, prep is a great way to fight transmission. I wonder if other STD occurrences in this… Read more »
Just had my STD testing done. it covered 6 diseases. When all of them can be handled with a pill or pills, great. For now, a pill for just one of them is a step in the right direction, but…
the most important one.
Important but far short of the whole story.. “On PReP” A4A members all too commonly then list “bareback.” Even with the frequent STD testing they undergo, PReP is not a license for risky behavior (unprotected sex with random partners). “Bareback” for me is a red flag. “On PReP” doesn’t change that. Immediately after being tested, the.next risky partner could transmit an STD to the “On PReP” player who then potentially passes to all sex partners untill their next test.
It is interesting that any postings that are favorable towards PrEP are being downvoted.
Prep causes organ damage. I would rather not partake in anal
Or, if in a committed relationship, still, use a condom!