Quote Originally Posted by trampslikeus55 View Post
Strange how quick we forget. Many of us older boys played in the "Aids" era. Mid 80's and with nothing like media or social media screaming things at you, we just continued along doing our thing. We thought the problem belonged to the other team and all was ok. The Grim Reaper changed us all forever. No, Covid worries me at times but it doesn't scare me like aids did. Happy and safe punting to all👍
Was it the Grim Reaper or was it Rock Hudson that changed the entire public perception of AIDS? Before his death, everyone thought it was a disease that only affected gays and druggies. All of a sudden, you have a stud of a movie star, appears to be a straight guy, who's caught the disease and died very quickly.
So the public went "right you can get it even if you're straight" and started the safe-sex movement.
Now here's the twist. It was only after his death that it was revealed that he was actually gay. But by then, the safe-sex movement was already at full steam, not even this revelation could make the public go back to that old idea that the disease mainly affected gays and druggies. Condom use was here to stay.

My point is, if you're going to do BBFS, you ought to be more worried about all the other STIs than AIDS. The chance of catching those are far more real!