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Bugchasing: intentionally infecting yourself with HIV (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 11 months ago by jannis@feddit.de to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You don't just casually take any number of medications just in case you might get in touch with something. How many pills would we have to take? 100 daily?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 11 months ago

If your sexually active with casual partners, who also have casual partners, PrEP could be a sensible risk avoidance for you.

Also consider HPV vaccine, condom use, etc..

Everything is dependent on risk profile