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tshaddox on March 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men

All sexual transmission rates are pretty "low," if Wikipedia's sources are accurate. Even anal intercourse is under 2%.

philwelch on March 30, 2012 | [–]

Per incidence; that's a 1 out of 50 chance every single time.

loup-vaillant on March 30, 2012 | | [–]

Meaning, you reach 50% after 35 times.

ianterrell on March 30, 2012 | | | [–]

That was a fun weekend!

ashconnor on March 31, 2012 | [–]

Depends on when your partner was infected. If it was recently then the transmission rate is very high.

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